Meaning of write statement

[rajabadsha]

Hi,
With reference to the following code, which I posted yesterday, I have few more questions if anyone can kindly reply.

1)How is pow_start, pow_end, and pow_step initiated? Are _start, _end and _step a keyword?
2)When I run this program the write statement "write(6,200) project_name" prints the output to the screen. But isn't it suppose to print it to a file?
Program contbc

parameter (ndwgt=1000,ndpow=1000)

dimension cplot(ndwgt,ndpow)

character*80 project_name
character*80 control_file

open(10,file="setup.dat",form="formatted",
x status="old")

200 format(a)
read(10,200) project_name
write(6,200) project_name
read(10,200) control_file
write(6,200) control_file

read(10,*) nwgt_start,nwgt_end,nwgt_step
write(6,*) nwgt_start,nwgt_end,nwgt_step
read(10,*) pow_start,pow_end,pow_step
write(6,*) pow_start,pow_end,pow_step

close(10)

 

[xwb]

1) pow_start etc are read in

read (10,*) pow_start, pow_end, pow_step

_start etc are not keywords
2) write (6 ... will normally print to the screen. If you want it to print to a file, put the following before using write (6

open (6, file='out.txt', status='new')

and put the following before the end of the program

close (6)