WRITE statement ?

[bobo12]

hi, just wondering if someone one plz tell me what this does...
WRITE (11,FMAT3) (ITEM(I), I = NSTAR,NSTOP)

so i realize there is an int array ITEM[]
11 is file descriptor for file,
CHARACTER*127 FMAT3

but i am not sure what is being written to file? is it FMAT3 or ITEM[]?

how what is the significance of FMAT3?

thanks in advance

 

[xwb]

FMAT3 is the format, item is written to the file in the format described by FMAT3. For instance, if

FMAT3 = '(3I4)'

Then ITEM will be written in 3 columns, each of width 4. If there are more than 3 items, then there will be a new line after every 3 items.