Namelist I/O statements are similar to formatted statements in function, but control the translation of data through data types instead of explicit format specifiers. Namelist I/O statements do not specify a format (FMT=) in the control list (clist). Namelist sequential READ: READ (UNIT=u,NML=nml[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err][,END=end]) READ n Namelist sequential WRITE: WRITE (UNIT=u,NML=nml[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err]) Comments (beginning with ! only) can appear anywhere in namelist input. The comment extends to the end of the source line.