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From: pmurphy@bass.tuc.nrao.edu (Pat Murphy)
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Subject: Re: sun-spots fortran "blanks" program
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Date: 23 Jun 89 15:31:27 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 49, message 4 of 11

ANSI X3.9-1978 FORTRAN 77, page 12-12 (full language, not subset):

   "If the unit specifier [in a format statement] specifies an internal
    file, the control information list must contain a format identifier
    other than an asterisk..."

Try using something like:

      read (string, fmt='(a)', err=999) temp

If you do this both on the terminal input and the internal read, you 
should not have to enter the initial string in quotes either.

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