Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ficc!jbush From: jbush@ficc.uu.net (james bush) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: ENCODE and DECODE ... Message-ID: <5657@ficc.uu.net> Date: 11 Aug 89 16:47:19 GMT References: <1989Aug10.220842.18863@bpdsun1.uucp> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Lines: 20 In article <1989Aug10.220842.18863@bpdsun1.uucp>, jrw@bpdsun1.uucp (Jon Wahlmann) writes: > > I have come across the ENCODE and DECODE key words in a few of the programs > ... > ENCODE(7,43,DUMMY1)DUMMY2 > > How would I form the equivalent with READ? I think (though I am not positive about the format of the encode) that it would be READ(DUMMY1, 43)DUMMY2 The 7, I believe, is the size of DUMMY1. It is not needed any more in the read. -- James Bush,Ferranti,Houston Know the truth, not what everyone else believes "... the Lord that formed me *from the womb* to be His servant ..." Isa 49:5 Internal: jbush,5230, mail A/3204, room A/3602 External: ..!uunet!ficc!jbush All opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.