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Section 10,5: Reversion
When the last closing parenthesis of the format specification is
reached, format control determines whether more I/O list elements
are to be processed. If not, format control terminates. However,
if additional list elements remain, part or all of the format
specification is reused in a process called format reversion.
In format reversion, the current record is terminated, a new one is
initiated, and format control reverts to the group repeat
specification whose opening parenthesis matches the next-to-last
closing parenthesis of the format specification. If the format
does not contain a group repeat specification, format control
returns to the initial opening parenthesis of the format
specification. Format control continues from that point.
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