Microsoft KB Archive/32693

FORTRAN-80 Integer Conversions in FORMAT Statement

PSS ID Number: Q32693 Article last modified on 07-18-1988

3.44 CP/M-80 docerr

Summary: Page 74 of the “Microsoft FORTRAN-80 Reference Manual” states that if the return value exceeds the field width, when you do an “I” conversion (integer conversion) in a FORMAT statement, only the least significant w-1 characters will be output, preceded by an asterisk. This is a documentation error; if the return value exceeds the field width, you will receive an “FW” error at run time, and occasionally you will receive incorrect partial values.