The character set specified by the Fortran 95 and Fortran 90 Standards consists of all uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z and a-z), the digits 0-9, the underscore (_), and the following special characters: (blank or space) : (colon) + (plus sign) " (quotation mark) - (minus sign) % (percent sign) * (asterisk) & (ampersand) / (slash) ; (semicolon) ( (left parenthesis) < (less than) ) (right parenthesis) > (greater than) , (comma) ? (question mark) . (period) $ (dollar sign) ' (apostrophe)