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External Form—Input

Format allowed is as follows, such that either ( or both) nnnnnn and mmmmmm are present, and the resulting REAL number is within the allowable range:

+ or -

(optional, plus or minus sign, followed by)

nnnnnn

(optional, any number of digits, followed by)

.

(optional, decimal place, followed by)

mmmmmm

(optional, any number of digits, followed by)

Esxx

(optional, signed exponent power of 10, range -99 to 99)

Examples:

14578923455096765442839404
-123.567
.555
.0023E-23
3.142776589E+66