8.1.2 Edit Descriptor Syntax

An edit descriptor takes one of the following forms:

c
[n]c
c[n]
c
Is a format code (T, TL, TR, X, S, SP, SS, BN, BZ, P, H, Q, $, :, '...', or "..." (Alpha only).
n
Is the number of characters or character positions.

The term n must be an unsigned integer constant (for format code P, it can be signed or unsigned) or a variable format expression.

The value of n for P must be within the range -128 to 127. For all other format codes, the range for the value of n differs depending on the processor, as follows:

Term  Range[1] 
n  VAX: 1 through 32767[2] (2**15-1) 
  Alpha: 1 through 2147483647 (2**31-1) 

[1] Actual useful ranges may be constrained by record sizes (RECL) and the file system.
[2] Above 32767, you receive an error.

The edit descriptors are as follows:

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