Format Identifier

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.