/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Statements, WRITE, Internal  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Internal WRITE statement format:

    WRITE (intu[,fmt][,err][,iostat])[iolist]

  Writes to a specified character variable.  Translates the data from
  binary to character format as specified by "fmt".