preparing to clean FEsolving

should not have solver dependent functionality

src/FEsolving.f90

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ subroutine FE_init
          status='old', position='rewind', action='read',iostat=myStat)
     do
       read (fileUnit,'(A)',END=100) line
-      chunkPos = IO_stringPos(line)
+      if(index(trim(lc(line)),'solver') == 1) then
-      if(IO_lc(IO_stringValue(line,chunkPos,1)) == 'solver') then
         read (fileUnit,'(A)',END=100) line                                                          ! next line
         chunkPos = IO_stringPos(line)
         symmetricSolver = (IO_intValue(line,chunkPos,2) /= 1)
@@ -56,6 +55,29 @@ subroutine FE_init
     enddo
 100 close(fileUnit)
   end block
+  contains
+
+  !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  !> @brief changes characters in string to lower case
+  !> @details copied from IO_lc
+  !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  function lc(string)
+
+    character(len=*), intent(in) :: string                                                            !< string to convert
+    character(len=len(string))   :: lc
+
+    character(26), parameter :: LOWER = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+    character(26), parameter :: UPPER = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
+
+    integer                  :: i,n
+
+    do i=1,len(string)
+      lc(i:i) = string(i:i)
+      n = index(UPPER,lc(i:i))
+      if (n/=0) lc(i:i) = LOWER(n:n)
+    enddo
+  end function lc
+
 #endif
 
 end subroutine FE_init

src/IO.f90

@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ pure function IO_lc(string)
   character(26), parameter :: LOWER = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
   character(26), parameter :: UPPER = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
 
-  integer                      :: i,n
+  integer                  :: i,n
 
-  IO_lc = string
   do i=1,len(string)
+    IO_lc(i:i) = string(i:i)
     n = index(UPPER,IO_lc(i:i))
     if (n/=0) IO_lc(i:i) = LOWER(n:n)
   enddo