This chapter discusses Visual Fortran files and devices, and using your input/output (I/O) hardware. Together with the sections on I/O statements and I/O editing, these sections explain where and how Fortran data is input and output.
Files and devices are where data is stored and retrieved, I/O editing determines how the data is organized when it is read or written, and I/O statements determine what input/output operations are performed on the data.
The following topics are discussed: