# Forms for Sequential READ Statements

Sequential READ statements transfer input data from external sequential-access records. The statements can be formatted with format specifiers (which can use list-directed formatting) or namelist specifiers (for namelist formatting), or they can be unformatted.

A sequential READ statement takes one of the following forms:

## Formatted:

READ (eunit, format [, advance] [, asynchronous] [, blank] [, decimal] [, id] [, pad] [, pos] [, round] [, size] [, iostat] [, err] [, end] [, eor] [, iomsg]) [io-list]

READ form [, io-list]

## Formatted - List-Directed:

READ (eunit, * [, asynchronous] [, blank] [, decimal] [, id] [, pad] [, pos] [, round] [, iostat] [, err] [, end] [, iomsg]) [io-list]

READ * [, io-list]

## Formatted - Namelist:

READ (eunit, nml-group [, asynchronous] [, blank] [, decimal] [, id] [, pad ] [, pos] [, round] [, iostat] [, err] [, end] [, iomsg])

READ nml

## Unformatted:

READ (eunit [, asynchronous] [, id] [, pos] [, iostat] [, err] [, end] [, iomsg]) [io-list]

## See Also

READ
I/O control-list specifiers
I/O lists