10.6 PRINT and TYPE Statements

The PRINT statement is a data transfer output statement. TYPE is a synonym for PRINT. All forms and rules for the PRINT statement also apply to the TYPE statement.

The PRINT statement is the same as a formatted, sequential WRITE statement, except that the PRINT statement must never transfer data to user-specified I/O units.

A PRINT statement takes one of the following forms:

Formatted:

PRINT form [, io-list]

Formatted - List-Directed:

PRINT * [, io-list]

Formatted - Namelist:

PRINT nml

form
Is the nonkeyword form of a format specifier (no FMT=).

io-list
Is an I/O list.

*
Is the format specifier indicating list-directed formatting.

nml
Is the nonkeyword form of a namelist specifier (no NML=) indicating namelist formatting.

Examples

In the following example, one record (containing four fields of data) is printed to the implicit output device:

      CHARACTER*16 NAME, JOB
      PRINT 400, NAME, JOB
400   FORMAT ('NAME=', A, 'JOB=', A)

For More Information:

• On formatted, sequential WRITE statements, see Section 10.5.1.1.
  
  
• On formatted data and data transfers, see your user manual or programmer's guide.
  
  
• On list-directed output, see Section 10.5.1.2.
  
  
• On namelist output, see Section 10.5.1.3.
  
  
• On I/O lists, see Section 10.2.2.