Abstract
The maximum number of characters that a memory location can accommodate varies with the type of computer being used. Therefore, if someone wants their program to be able to run on a variety of computers and if alphanumeric characters are being read and printed, then each character should be read and written using the field specification A1. A drawback of this method is that the three rightmost locations in a word are not used. In a CHARACTER statement, the maximum number of characters wished to be assigned to each CHARACTER variable can be specified. A maximum of 256 characters can be assigned to a CHARACTER variable. By following a variable with an asterisk and an integer, the maximum number of characters that can be assigned to the variable can be specified. If a variable is not followed by an asterisk and an integer, then the maximum number of characters that can be assigned to it is one.
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