PPT Slide
If there are more list items than format codes in the format description, the input or output process must continue to another record in order to complete the list. For example; suppose that we use the format description (f12.4, i3) which specifies an input record containing only two fields. If five data items are be read, the format must be rescanned to match the remaining items of the list. In the first of the following examples, the rescan point is near the middle of the format; in the second, the rescan point is at the repeat count that immediately follows the opening right parenthesis of the format.
(2 (i5, i4, i3), f5.2, 2(i5, i4, i3), f5.2, i6)
(2 ( 2 (i5, i4, i3), f5.2), i6)