# INQUIRE: FORM Specifier

The FORM specifier asks whether a file is connected for formatted, unformatted, or binary (W*S) data transfer. It takes the following form:

FORM = fm

fm | Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:
'FORMATTED' | If the file is connected for formatted data transfer
'UNFORMATTED' | If the file is connected for unformatted data transfer
'BINARY' | If the file is connected for binary data transfer
'UNDEFINED' | If the file is not connected

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers