one more READ ?

[bobo12]

READ (11,FMAT3,END=20) (ITEM(J), J = 1,NI)
ok so 11 is file descriptor, FMAT3 & ITEM[] are variable in my program,
so would someone explain what the read operation is doing?
i mean, how are FMAT3 & ITEM[] related to the file read operation. are contents of the file stored in array ITEM[] or in FMAT3?

 

[xwb]

In C, this reads

char* FMAT3 = "%d";
for (j = 1; j <= ni; j++)
{
   if (feof(chan11)) goto label20;
   fscanf (chan11, FMAT3, item[j]);
}

FMAT3 is the format probably something like '(I3)'
Result is stored in ITEM.