Indicates what characters (if any) are used to delimit character constants in list-directed and namelist output. It takes the following form: DELIM = del del Is a character expression with one of the following values: 'APOSTROPHE' Indicates that apostrophes delimit character constants. All internal apostrophes are doubled. 'QUOTE' Indicates that quotation marks delimit character constants. All internal quotation marks are doubled. 'NONE' Indicates that character constants have no delimiters. No internal apostrophes or quotation marks are doubled. This is the default. DELIM is only allowed for files connected for formatted data transfer; it is ignored during input.