find value in external file and get

Seems to me that this would trivial in Excel. Is this for school?

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What have you done so far?

Hi xwb and IRstuff
So far I open the external file, count the amount of lines in the file and store the first two rows in an Array:

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OPEN(unit=19,file=filez, status='old', action='read')
DO
READ(19,*,END=10)
nlines = nlines + 1
END DO
10 CLOSE(19)

allocate(cs(nlines,2))
OPEN(unit=19,file=filez, status='old')
DO i=1,nlines
READ(19,*)cs(i,1), cs(i,2)
END DO
CLOSE(19)
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In the next step I set the value of a statevariable equal to the value of the second row.
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DO i = 1, nlines
IF(cs(i,1).EQ.NOEL) THEN
STATEV(18) = cs(i,2)
END IF
END DO
END IF
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So far it's working fine, but the value of the statevariable is just equal to the last point.
If the file would look like this, and I'd like to search for 135:

134 1 1 CRACK
134 2 1 CRACK
134 3 1 CRACK
134 4 1 CRACK
135 1 1 CRACK
135 3 1 CRACK
135 4 1 CRACK
135 2 1 CRACK

I would get the value 2, and not the highest one (4)...
Do you have any idea how to solve the Problem?

Thanks a lot for your help!

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> I think you are calling your columns "rows," which would be confusing to most people.
> Opening the file twice will probably get you a lower grade. A more typical construct is to read lines until EOF, and use a counter to keep track of the number of lines.
> I don't see that you've done anything to test for a maximum value, nor is there anything for keeping track of which "4" to want or should get.

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