Data edit descriptors

In the examples of data edit descriptors, a lowercase b in the Output column indicates that a blank appears at that position.

A (Character) Editing
B (Binary) Editing
E, D, and Q (Extended Precision) Editing
DT Editing (Fortran 2003)
EN Editing
ES Editing
F (Real without Exponent) Editing
G (General) Editing
H Editing
I (Integer) Editing
L (Logical) Editing
O (Octal) Editing
Q (Character Count) Editing (IBM extension)
Z (Hexadecimal) Editing

Parent topic: Input/Output formatting

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