> glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
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>> Gary Scott wrote:
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>>> In order to be analogous to I0 though wouldn't it need to trim both
>>> leading and trailing spaces? I don't think that would be the usual
>>> desire though, but maybe you could specify '0a0' to trim leading and
>>> trailing spaces.

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>> That is one that I don't think you can do. The repeat specifier
>> comes before the data edit descriptor. If you allowed 0 indicating
>> to trim leading blanks, how would you apply a repeat specifier to it?

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> Perhaps then a special symbol: '\a\'
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> I didn't really like any that I tried, but this one I like because it
> conflicts with that annoying c escape character that has crept into a
> lot of compilers.

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>> Suffixes can be applied to descriptors, the most common being the
>> indication of the number of places after the decimal point in
>> descriptors for floating point values. It would look a little
>> strange, but it would seem possible to use that one.
>>
>> Otherwise, as a way to get around an implied DO it still
>> seems a little excessive.
>>
>> -- glen
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