My goal is to print out the string even if it's not assigned (but is declared with a certain length). My code is:
program test
use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env, only : stderr=>error_unit
implicit none
character(len=1024) :: file_update
write (stderr, '(a)') 'file-update: '//file_update
end program test
When I run the above code, the output is:
file-update: �UdG��tdG�|gCG��m�F� dCG� ��3���3�P��3��UdG� �eG���eG�1
DG��UdG���g��<�CG�U��B�jdG�DG����3����3��cCG����3��dCG�<�CG����3������jdG�DG�0fCG�<�CG�0��F���G��G����F�pdG�1
DG�XmdG��pdG�ȡeG�0��F�p��3�XsdG����3����F��G����F��G��pdG�1
DG�XmdG��pdG�ȡeG�0��F�p��3�XsdG����3��7�G�
My expectation is to output something like file-update: because it is an empty string. But why it gives me a bunch of strange characters? How can I fix it?
