10.4 ACCEPT Statement

The ACCEPT statement is a data transfer input statement. This statement is the same as a formatted, sequential READ statement, except that an ACCEPT statement must never be connected to user- specified I/O units.

An ACCEPT statement takes one of the following forms:

Formatted:

ACCEPT form [, io-list]

Formatted - List-Directed:

ACCEPT * [, io-list]

Formatted - Namelist:

ACCEPT 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. (It can also be specified as FMT=*.)

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

Examples

In the following example, character data is read from the implicit unit and binary values are assigned to each of the five elements of array CHARAR:

      CHARACTER*10 CHARAR(5)
      ACCEPT 200, CHARAR
200   FORMAT (5A10)

For More Information:

• On formatted, sequential READ statements, see Section 10.3.1.1.
  
  
• On formatted data and data transfers, see your user manual or programmer's guide.
  
  
• On list-directed input, see Section 10.3.1.2.
  
  
• On namelist input, see Section 10.3.1.3.
  
  
• On I/O lists, see Section 10.2.2.