PAUSE

 The PAUSE statement displays a message on the terminal and
 temporarily suspends program execution, so that you can take some
 action.  This statement has been deleted in Fortran 95; it was an
 obsolescent feature in Fortran 90.  VSI Fortran fully supports
 features deleted in Fortran 95.

 Statement format:

    PAUSE [disp]
  
    disp  Is an optional character constant or a string of 
          up to six digits.  (Fortran 95/90 and FORTRAN 77 limit 
          digits to five.)

 If you do not specify a value for "disp", the system displays the
 following default message:

    FORTRAN PAUSE

 The system then displays the system prompt.

 If you specify a value for "disp", this value is displayed instead
 of the default message.

 EFFECT OF PAUSE IN INTERACTIVE MODE:

 In interactive mode, the program is suspended until you enter one
 of the following commands:

  o  CONTINUE - to resume execution at the next executable
     statement.

  o  DEBUG - to resume execution under control of the VMS Debugger.

  o  EXIT - to terminate execution.

     Note that any command, other than CONTINUE or DEBUG, terminates
     execution.


 EFFECT OF PAUSE IN BATCH PROCESS MODE:

 If a program is a batch process, the program is not suspended.  If
 you specify a value for "disp", this value is written to the system
 output file.