A Fortran line is divided into fields for the required information.
Each column represents a single character.
COLUMN FIELD
------ -----
1 Indicator: Comment(C,c,*,!,blank) or Debug(D,d)
1-5 Label (any decimal integer except zero)
6 Indicator: Continuation of statement (any character
except zero or space)
7-72 Statement Field (up to column 72)
73-80 Sequence Number (optionally to column 132 -- ignored)
NOTE
This source format is obsolescent in Fortran 95.
HP Fortran flags obsolescent features, but
fully supports them.