J3/99-214 Date: August 23, 1999 To: J3 From: interp/bleikamp Subject: Interp 000069, What is a numeric character? NUMBER: 000069 TITLE: What is a numeric character? KEYWORDS: list-directed input DEFECT TYPE: Erratum STATUS: J3 consideration in progress Section 10.8.1 of the Fortran 95 standard states If the next effective item is of type default character and ... (4) The leading characters are not numeric followed by an asterisk, ... The standard does not define what a numeric character is. QUESTION: What is a numeric character? ANSWER: A numeric character is a digit. REFERENCES: ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997(E), Section 10.8.1 EDITS: In Fortran 95, section 10.8.1, list item (4), [176:17], replace the text (4) The leading characters are not numeric followed by an asterisk with (4) The leading characters are not digits followed by an asterisk In 99-007r2, section 10.9.1, list item (4), [244:32], replace the text (4) The leading characters are not numeric followed by an asterisk with (4) The leading characters are not digits followed by an asterisk SUBMITTED BY: Robert Corbett HISTORY: J3/99-191 m150 Submitted by Robert Corbett J3/99-214 m150 J3 draft response