Section 10: Format_Specifiers

 A FORMAT statement specifies the format in which data is to be
 transferred as well as the conversion (editing) required to achieve
 that format.  FORMAT statements are nonexecutable statements used
 with formatted I/O statements and with ASSIGN, ENCODE, and DECODE
 statements.

 Fields defined by a FORMAT statement can contain variable format
 expressions.  A variable format expression is an integer variable
 or expression enclosed in angle brackets that takes the place of an
 integer constant.  The value of the variable or variables can
 change during program execution.

Sub-Topics

1. Default_Field_Descriptors
2. General_Form
3. Format_Descriptors
4. Repeat_Count
5. Reversion
6. Variable_Format_Expressions
7. Field
8. Edit
9. 'characters'
10. Carriage_Control
11. $
12. :
13. A
14. BN
15. BZ
16. D
17. E
18. F
19. G
20. H
21. I
22. L
23. O
24. P
25. Q
26. S
27. SP
28. SS
29. T
30. TL
31. TR
32. X
33. Z