Category
Purpose
Interprets a tab in columns 1 to 5 as a single character (for fixed source form programs).
Syntax
>>- -q--xflag-- = --oldtab-------------------------------------><
@PROCESS:
@PROCESS XFLAG(OLDTAB)Defaults
By default, the compiler allows 66 significant characters on a source line after column 6. A tab in columns 1 through 5 is interpreted as the appropriate number of blanks to move the column counter past column 6. This default is convenient for those who follow the earlier Fortran practice of including line numbers or other data in columns 73 through 80.
Usage
If you specify the option -qxflag=oldtab, the source statement still starts immediately after the tab, but the tab character is treated as a single character for counting columns. This setting allows up to 71 characters of input, depending on where the tab character occurs.