Terminates program execution. Statement format: STOP [disp] disp Is a character constant or a string of up to six digits. (Fortran 95/90 and FORTRAN 77 limit digits to five.) If you specify the optional argument "disp", the STOP statement displays the contents of "disp" at your terminal, terminates program execution, and returns control to the operating system. If you do not specify a value for "disp", no message is displayed.