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Hello

Someone can u tell me what is a format ascii file?

Thanks

Hello,

A formatted ASCII file is a simple text file that you can open and modify with a simple editor like Wordpad, with lines separated by carriage returns, as opposed to binary files which are rather a mere succession of bytes which code for anything. Both types of files are opened differently in Fortran with the OPEN statement, adding FORM='FORMATTED' or FORM='UNFORMATTED', and read differently with the READ statement.

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Jean-Michel Hervouet