# 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

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers