Equivalence - Is this correct? 2

[jamez05]

I have a function that uses the following equivalence statement.

EQUIVALENCE (ATM,CHATM)

chatm is a one dimensional array that holds two elements and ATM is declared as INTEGER*2

I'm still not 100% on how the equivalence statement works. Here is a statement about equivalence that I found on the web:
An EQUIVALENCE statement specifies that the storage sequences of the entities whose names appear in a list nlist have the same first storage unit.

Does this mean atm equals the first element in array chatm?

 

[xwb]

yes

 

[zeitghost]

That must be the shortest answer that ever got a star...

 

[xwb]

Now you have to find one where the answer is no.

 

[jamez05]

That deserves another star