# INQUIRE: FORMATTED Specifier

The FORMATTED specifier asks whether a file is connected for formatted data transfer. It takes the following form:

FORMATTED = fmt

fmt | Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:
'YES' | If the file is connected for formatted data transfer
'NO' | If the file is not connected for formatted data transfer
'UNKNOWN' | If the processor cannot determine whether the file is connected for formatted data transfer

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers