VMS Help FORTRAN, Statements, TYPE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Transfers data from internal storage to FOR$TYPE (normally the
  terminal).  The access mode is sequential.

1 - Formatted

  Translates data from binary to character format as specified by the
  format specifications.  Statement format:

     TYPE f[,iolist]

     f       Is a format specifier not prefaced by FMT=.

     iolist  Are the names of the variables from which the
             data is transferred, listed in the order of transfer.

2 - List-directed

  Translates data from binary to character format according to the
  data types of the variables in the I/O list.  Statement format:

     TYPE *[,iolist]

     *       Specifies list-directed formatting.

     iolist  Are the names of the variables from which the data
             is transferred, listed in the order of transfer.

3 - Namelist

  Translates data from binary to character format according to the
  data types of the list entities in the corresponding NAMELIST
  statement.  Statement format:

     TYPE n

     n  Is a namelist group name not prefaced by NML=.