# Fortran - common block

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fortran-common-block/34798>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fortran-common-block/34798 "2020-02-18T08:28:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![josemaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/josemaria/32/5365_2.png) [@josemaria](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/josemaria)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fortran-common-block/34798/1 "2020-02-18T08:28:08Z")

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Where could I see an example about how to interface with [common blocks](https://web.stanford.edu/class/me200c/tutorial_77/13_common.html) in Fortran?

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**Author:** ![jw3126](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jw3126/32/3086_2.png) [@jw3126](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jw3126)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fortran-common-block/34798/2 "2020-02-18T08:58:22Z")

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Not an example, but one approach is to write setters and getters in fortran and call these from julia.