Namelist sequential READ statement formats: 1. READ (extu,nml [,iostat][,err][,end]) Reads from a specified external unit. Translates the data from character to binary format according to the data types of the list entities in the corresponding NAMELIST statement. 2. READ nml Reads from FOR$READ (normally, the terminal). Translates the data from character to binary format according to the data types of the entities in the corresponding NAMELIST statement.