CIME.namelist.is_valid_fortran_name

CIME.namelist.is_valid_fortran_name(string)

Check that a variable name is allowed in Fortran.

The rules are: 1. The name must start with a letter. 2. All characters in a name must be alphanumeric (or underscores). 3. The maximum name length is 63 characters. 4. We only handle a single dimension !!!

>>> is_valid_fortran_name("")
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("a")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(4)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(::)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(1:2:3)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(1::)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(:-2:)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(1::+3)")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A(1,3)")
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("2")
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("_")
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("abc#123")
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("aLiBi_123")
True
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A" * 64)
False
>>> is_valid_fortran_name("A" * 63)
True