Microsoft KB Archive/32689

FORTRAN-80/Free Format Input and Commas

PSS ID Number: Q32689 Article last modified on 07-18-1988

3.36 3.37 3.42 3.43 3.44 CP/M-80

Summary: Free format input in FORTRAN-80 refers to the fact that data values in a record can be delimited with commas and do not require explicit spacing to conform to the FORMAT statement. However, remember that commas are valid character data; if you use the “A” format combined with numeric data, commas are no longer valid delimiters.