Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 10/31/2024
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INQUIRE: 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 VAX* processor F_floating, D_floating, and IEEE binary128 data conversion in effect

'FGX'

If the file is connected with little endian integer and VAX processor F_floating, G_floating, and IEEE binary128 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 VAX processor F_floating, D_floating, and H_floating in effect

'VAXG'

If the file is connected with little endian integer and VAX processor 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