B edit descriptor, [+] Background process (U*X) temporarily suspending, [+] BACK keyword in intrinsics, [+] Backslash character (\) as edit descriptor, [+] Backslash editing, [+] BACKSPACE statements See also REWIND statement on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] BARRIER directive (TU*X), [+] Base of model function returning, [+] Batch process (VMS) temporarily suspending, [+] Big endian definition of, [+] BIG_ENDIAN value for INQUIRE (CONVERT) on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] for OPEN (CONVERT) on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] Binary constants, [+] assigning with DATA statement, [+] data type assignments of, [+] examples of, [+] Binary digits See Bits Binary operations, [+] Binary operators definition of, [+] form of, [+] Binary patterns functions that shift, [+] BINARY specifier (WNT, W9*) in INQUIRE statements, [+] Binary transfer of data function performing, [+] BINARY value for INQUIRE (FORM) on WNT, W9*, [+] for OPEN (FORM) on WNT, W9*, [+] Binary values transferring, [+] Binding of OpenMP Fortran parallel directives (TU*X), [+] Bit constant definition of, [+] BITEST function, [+] Bit fields functions operating on, [+] function to extract, [+] operating on general, [+] references to, [+] subroutine to copy, [+] Bit functions, [+] categories of, [+] Bit model, [+] Bit patterns function performing circular shift on, [+] function performing logical shift on, [+] Bit position ranges for 1-bit fields, [+] Bits clearing to zero, [+] function performing exclusive OR, [+] function performing inclusive OR, [+] function performing logical AND on, [+] function returning number of, [+] function setting to 1, [+] function to extract sequences of, [+] function to test, [+] model for data, [+] Bit size determining, [+] Bit subfields referencing, [+] BIT_SIZE function, [+], [+] BJTEST function, [+] BKTEST function, [+] Blank characters effect in character expressions, [+] effect in statement label fields, [+] in fixed and tab source form, [+] in free source form, [+] Blank common blocks, [+] See also Common blocks Blank editing (BN,BZ), [+] to [+] BN, [+] BZ, [+] BLANK specifier in INQUIRE statements on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] in OPEN statements, [+] on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] Block data program unit, [+], [+] declaring external, [+] effect of using DATA statement in, [+] forcing linker to search libraries, [+] in EXTERNAL statement, [+] BLOCK DATA statement, [+] example of, [+] Block DO construct, [+] Block IF statement See IF construct BLOCK keyword for DISTRIBUTE directive (TU*X), [+] BLOCKED keyword (TU*X) for PDO directive, [+] Blocks contained in constructs, [+] definition of, [+] DO loops in, [+] interface, [+] to [+] BLOCKSIZE specifier in INQUIRE statements (WNT, W9*), [+] in OPEN statements on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] interaction with BUFFERCOUNT on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] BN edit descriptor, [+] Bounds function returning lower, [+] function returning upper, [+] in an array, [+] Branching statements, [+] to [+] to END IF statement, [+] to SELECT CASE statement, [+] Branch specifiers in data transfer, [+] Branch statements, [+] to [+] Branch target statements definition of, [+] in data transfer, [+] BTEST function, [+], [+], [+] BUFFERCOUNT specifier in OPEN statements on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] BUFFERED specifier in INQUIRE statements on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] in OPEN statements on U*X, WNT, W9*, [+] on VMS, [+] Built-in functions See also Intrinsic procedures See also your user manual or programmer's guide defaults for, [+] %DESCR (VMS), [+] %LOC, [+] %REF, [+] %VAL, [+] BYTE data type, [+] in type declaration statements, [+], [+] BZ edit descriptor, [+]