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Formatted

 Translates the data from character to binary format as specified by
 format specifications.  Statement formats:

 1. READ (extu, fmt [,adv][,size][,iostat][,err][,end][,eor]) [iolist]

    Reads from a specified external unit.

 2. READ fmt [,iolist]

    Reads from FOR$READ (normally, the terminal).