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Date: 1998/06/01

Subject: Re: [Q] WRITE without newline?

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On Fri, 29 May 1998 ARyabt...@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> > > How do you do the equivalent of a WRITE statement without appending a
> > > newline? I want to do several disjoint WRITE's that output onto the same
> > > line.
> > write (*,'(A,2x,I5)') '+ Number= ', i

> Yes! it'll be print on the same line but from the begining of the line!

The + (1H+ for those who remember Hollerith codes) is a feature intended
for old printers (and need a print filter to work on modern one), and I
won't really regret if this one REALLY goes on the OBSOLESCENT or
OBSOLETE list.

> I think, the question was how to continue printing on the same line.
> It is depend on compiler. For example MS Fortran use back slash format
> 1000 FORMAT(' Input value for I - ' \)

> As I remeber some other compiler use '$' instead '\'

Most Unix (Sun Ultrix DU=OSF HP-UX) and VMS use $.
Old HP RTE used underscore

I believe Fortran 90 has a NOADVANCE option to handle this standardly.

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