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FORMat Subsystem
The FORMat command sets the data output format. For details, refer
to \Data Transfer" in Chapter 7. The FORmat? query returns the
current data format setting.
Command Syntax
FORMat
2
:DATA
3

ASCii
REAL
2
,64
3

Where,
ASCii is set by the ASCII data format
REAL[,64] is set by the IEEE-64 bit oating point data format
Example
OUTPUT 717;"FORM REAL"
Query Syntax
FORMat
2
:DATA
3
?
Query Response
Returned data format is :

ASC
REAL,64

<NL^END>
Example
10 OUTPUT 717;"FORM?"
20 ENTER 717;A$
30 PRINT A$
40 END
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