PSS ID Number: 106721
Article Last Modified on 3/24/2000
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0
This article was previously published under Q106721
SYMPTOMS
Using the tab edit descriptor (T) in a formatted READ statement can cause data to read in incorrectly.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0 for MS-DOS. This problem has been resolved with FORTRAN PowerStation maintenance release version 1.0a for MS-DOS.
FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0 can be differentiated from the maintenance release version 1.0a by invoking the linker. Typing link32 | more from \F32\BIN directory will show version 2.8 for FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0, and it will show version 1.0f for the maintenance release version 1.0a.
MORE INFORMATION
The sample code below demonstrates this problem. Although the sample uses internal files, this error also occurs when reading from disk files and the console.
Sample Code
C No compiler options required
real w,x,y,z
character*255 wb
C 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
wb=' -6704 21 9.3 -399.7 1712.5 .000'
read(wb,'(T16,F10.3,T26,F10.3,T36,F10.3,T46,F10.3)') w,x,y,z
print *, w,x,y,z
Print *, 'Should be:'
print *, 9.3, -399.7, 1712.5, 0.0
end
Output:
9.300000 -399.700000 71712.000000 5.000000
Should be:
9.300000 -399.700000 1712.500000 0.000000E+00
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