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From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: problem with "pe" format
Message-ID: <3148@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 5 Jun 90 00:19:31 GMT
References: <90155.122858GL4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
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In article <90155.122858GL4@psuvm.psu.edu>, GL4@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
*        x=1.11
*        fs=10.0
*        write(*,32) x,fs
* 32     format(1pe13.3,f10.1)
* ---------------------------------------------
*        1.111E+00     100.0
	 ^^^^^ I hope this was really 1.11

"p" isn't a modifier on a single format, but a formatting command
in its own right, whose effect persists within the same format until
you explicitly reset it.  Blank and sign handling are similar.
That's the way it's supposed to be.

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