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A format identifier must be provided when using a formatted (or
internal) file but not otherwise. It may have any of the following
forms:
- FMT=label The label of a FORMAT statement in the
same program unit.
- FMT=format The format may be a character
expression or character array containing
a complete format specification (section
10.6).
- FMT=* For list-directed formatting (section 10.10).
Note that the keyword FMT= is also optional if the format
identifier is the second item in the control list and the first item is
a unit identifier specified without its keyword.
Helen Rowlands
8/27/1998