The following characters have special meaning in Fortran.
| Character | Name | Character | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Blank | ; |
Semi-colon |
= |
Equals | ! |
Exclamation mark |
+ |
Plus | " |
Double quote |
- |
Minus | % |
Percent |
* |
Asterick | & |
Ampersand |
/ |
Slash | ~ |
Tilde |
\ |
Backslash | < |
Less than |
( |
Left parenthesis | > |
Greater than |
) |
Right parenthesis | ? |
Question mark |
[ |
Left square bracket | ' |
Apostrophe |
] |
Right square bracket | ` |
Grave accent |
{ |
Left curly brace | ^ |
Circumflex |
} |
Right curly brace | | |
Pipe |
, |
Comma | $ |
Dollar sign |
. |
Decimal point | # |
Hash |
: |
Colon | @ |
At |
Other characters may appear in comments.