'(1H0, 9X, 5HTABLE, I3)' .
Note that the parentheses are part of the format, and both parentheses and string quotes are required.
As will be indicated below, a format string may appear explicitly in an INPUT or OUTPUT statement. If the same format string is used more than once, however, it may be convenient to give it a name through a format declaration. A format declaration has the form
format Identifier := '(Fortran format)' .
Examples are:
format F := '(6E20.10)'
format G := '(1H0, 9X, 5HTABLE, I3)' .
A format declaration obeys the same rules of syntax and scope as do other declarations.
Format identifiers may be used as parameters, and format is a specifier.