DOCERR: Backslash Edit Descriptor With File I/O, Version 5.1
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FORTRAN for MS-DOS, version 5.1
- Microsoft FORTRAN for OS/2, version 5.1
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Page 84 of the Microsoft FORTRAN version 5.1 Reference Manual states that
the "backslash edit descriptor is used only for formatted output to
terminal devices, such as the screen or printer. It is ignored in all other
situations."
However, page 97 of the Microsoft FORTRAN version 5.1 Reference Manual
describes how "if the device is the screen, you can use the backslash (\)
edit descriptor to suppress the end-of-record."
CAUSE
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Version 5.1 of the Microsoft FORTRAN compiler extends the use of the
backslash edit descriptor to file I/O in addition to device I/O. This
change should be reflected on pages 84 and 97 of the Microsoft FORTRAN
version 5.1 Reference Manual, in addition to Appendix B of the Reference
Manual: Changes from Version 5.0 to Version 5.1.
Additional reference words: 5.10
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Last Reviewed: July 18, 1995