A Fortran line is divided into fields for the required information. Each column represents a single character. COLUMN FIELD ------ ----- 1 Indicator: Comment(C,c,*,!,blank) or Debug(D,d) 1-5 Label (any decimal integer except zero) 6 Indicator: Continuation of statement (any character except zero or space) 7-72 Statement Field (up to column 72) 73-80 Sequence Number (optionally to column 132 -- ignored) NOTE This source format is obsolescent in Fortran 95. HP Fortran flags obsolescent features, but fully supports them.