The Fortran character set consists of the following:
Character | Name | Character | Name |
---|---|---|---|
Δ or TAB | Space or tab | ' | Apostrophe |
= | Equal sign | " | Quotation mark |
+ | Plus sign | $ | Dollar sign |
- | Minus sign | _ | Underscore |
* | Asterisk | ! | Exclamation point |
/ | Slash | : | Colon |
( | Left parenthesis | < | Left angle bracket |
) | Right parenthesis | > | Right angle bracket |
, | Comma | % | Percent sign |
. | Period | & | Ampersand |
Other printing characters can appear in a Fortran statement only as part of a Hollerith or character constant. Any printing character can appear in a comment. Printing characters are characters whose codes are in the hexadecimal range 20 through 7E, or A1 through FE. (See Figures B-1 and B-2.)