12.5.7 CONVERT Specifier

The CONVERT specifier asks what type of data conversion is in effect for a file. It takes the following form:

CONVERT = fm

fm
Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:


'LITTLE_ENDIAN'   If the file is connected with little endian integer and IEEE® floating-point data conversion in effect 
'BIG_ENDIAN'   If the file is connected with big endian integer and IEEE floating-point data conversion in effect 
'CRAY'   If the file is connected with big endian integer and CRAY® floating-point data conversion in effect 
'FDX'   If the file is connected with little endian integer and Compaq VAXTM F_floating, D_floating, and IEEE X_floating data conversion in effect 
'FGX'   If the file is connected with little endian integer and Compaq VAX F_floating, G_floating, and IEEE X_floating data conversion in effect 
'IBM'   If the file is connected with big endian integer and IBM® System\370 floating-point data conversion in effect 
'VAXD'  If the file is connected with little endian integer and Compaq VAX F_floating, D_floating, and H_floating in effect 
'VAXG'   If the file is connected with little endian integer and Compaq VAX F_floating, G_floating, and H_floating in effect 
'NATIVE'   If the file is connected with no data conversion in effect 
'UNKNOWN'   If the file or unit is not connected for unformatted data transfer 


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