VMS Help FORTRAN, Error Messages, Compilation Errors, EXTUSECCON  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SEVERITY:  I

  MESSAGE TEXT:  Extension to FORTRAN-77:  Nonstandard use of
  character constant

  EXPLANATION:  A character constant was used in an assignment
  statement where a numeric value is required.