10.5.4.2 Formatted Inputs

Under formatted input (to repeat, not recommended) three standard options are provided with default formats as follows:

Options

 

Format:

1.

SEQUENTIAL ROWS AND COLUMNS ONLY

2I5, FI5

2.

NAMED ROWS AND COLUMNS ONLY

2I6, FI5.6

3.

BOTH SEQUENTIAL AND NAMED ZONES

2I5, 2I6, F15.6

For example under option 2 a line:

   11   22      6.00

would imply a cell element of 6.00 for row (origin) 11 and column (destination) 22, both 11 and 22 being zone “names” which would need to be converted into sequential numbers. 

Under option 1 the same line would imply the cell would be the 22nd column in the 11th row without any reference to the associated zone names.

Under option 3 the same cell might be specified by:

   11   22   61   94      6.000000

where sequential row 11 is zone 61 and sequential column 22 is zone 94.  This method clearly requires “internal consistency” such that sequential row/column 11 is always associated with zone 61 etc.