Octal and Hex Output

A WRITE, with the O or Z field descriptors in the FORMAT, writes out values as octal or hexadecimal integers, respectively. It writes to a field that is w characters wide, right-justified.

Example: Hex output:

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	M = 161 
	WRITE ( *, 8 ) M 
8 	FORMAT ( Z3 ) 
	END

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The program above displays A1 (161 decimal = A1 hex):

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¤A1 

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The letter A appears in output column 2.

Further examples are included in the following table.

Table 5-7 Sample Octal/Hex Output Value

Format	Internal (Decimal) Value	External (Octal/Hex) Representation
O6 O2 O4.3 O4.4 O6	32767 14251 27 27 -32767	D77777 ** D033 0033 *****
Z4 Z3.3 Z6.4 Z5	32767 2708 2708 -32767	7FFF A94 DD0A94 ******

The general rules for octal and hex output are:

• Negative values are written as if unsigned; no negative sign is printed.

• The external field is filled with leading spaces, as needed, up to the width w.

• If the field is too narrow, it is filled with asterisks.

• If m is specified, the field is left-filled with leading zeros, to a width of m.