/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Statements, SUBROUTINE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Begins a subroutine subprogram and names the dummy arguments.  The
  CALL statement transfers control to a subroutine subprogram; a
  RETURN or END statement returns control to the calling program
  unit.  Statement format:

     SUBROUTINE nam[([p[,p]...])]

     nam  Is a symbolic name for the subroutine.  The name must
          be unique among all global names in the program.

     p    Is an unsubscripted variable name specifying a dummy argument.
          An asterisk (*) as a dummy argument specifies that the
          actual argument is an alternate return argument.

  The arguments must agree in order, number, and type with the actual
  arguments of the statement invoking the subroutine.  A dummy
  argument must not be defined as an array with more elements than
  the actual argument holds.  When control transfers to the
  subroutine, the values of any actual arguments in the CALL
  statement are associated with any corresponding dummy arguments in
  the SUBROUTINE statement.  The statements in the subprogram are
  then executed.

  The SUBROUTINE statement must be the first statement of a
  subroutine, unless an OPTIONS statement is specified.

  A subroutine subprogram cannot contain a FUNCTION statement, a
  BLOCK DATA statement, a PROGRAM statement, or another SUBROUTINE
  statement.

  ENTRY statements are allowed to specify multiple entry points in
  the subroutine.

  The array declarator for a dummy argument can itself contain
  integer values that are dummy arguments or are references to a
  common block, providing for adjustable size arrays in subroutines.
  The upper bound of the array declarator for a dummy argument can be
  specified as an asterisk, in which case the upper bound of the
  dummy argument assumes the size of the upper bound of the actual
  argument.  The size in a character string declarator for a dummy
  argument can be specified as an asterisk in parentheses, in which
  case the size of the actual argument is passed to the dummy
  argument.

  The values of the actual arguments in the invoking program unit
  become the values of the dummy arguments in the function.  If you
  modify a dummy argument, the corresponding actual argument in the
  invoking program unit is also modified; the actual argument must be
  a variable if it is to be modified.

  If the actual argument is a character constant, the dummy argument
  can be either character or numeric in type, unless the name of the
  subprogram being invoked is a dummy argument in the invoking
  program unit.  If the actual argument is a Hollerith constant, the
  dummy argument must be numeric.