Fortran like - variable length format strings in CVI

[oldvaxguy]

I have a boat load of variable length format strings from some old fortran code and it needs to be converted to CVI.  Here is an example

Digits = 6

Decimal = 4

Temp = 34.654321

Write (*100) temp

100 format(  "The temp is" F6.2 )

I want to print a F6.2 format once and then latter print the same number as a F6.4.   How would you do this?

thanks .

the old vax guy

[dilution]

1st of all, I don't speak Fortran, so it can be that I misunderstand your question!
In regular C, the printf formating would be:
- printf("The temp is %6.2f\n",temp) to have 4 digit before the decimal point and 2 digit after.
- printf("The temp is %6.4f\n",temp) to have 2 digit before the decimal point and 4 digit after.
See for example: Kernighan & Ritchie, The C  programming language (2nd edition), page 13.
Regards