# Error: Unexpected STATEMENT FUNCTION statement at (1)

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**Created:** [May 11, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/error-unexpected-statement-function-statement-at-1/3435 "2022-05-11T18:09:43Z")\
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Move the statement function `data(i,j) = ...` above the `write(*,*)` statement. I’m assuming the write is a remnant of a poor man’s debugging workflow. For more background, check the Oracle documentation on [statement functions](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/805-4939/6j4m0vnb9/index.html). Since these are really function-like definitions, they belong in the specification section, before any executable statements like write.

Btw, statement functions have been marked as obsolescent for a while. See [Questions about statement functions - #6 by msz59](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/questions-about-statement-functions/3341/6)

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