4.7.3 NAMELIST Input Format

• The group name may be preceded by $ or & on input. The & is the only form accepted by the Fortran 95 standard, and is what is written by NAMELIST output.

• Accepts $ as the symbol terminating input except if the last data item in the group is CHARACTER data, in which case the $ is treated as input data.

• Allows NAMELIST input to start in the first column of a record.