Hollerith Format Strings

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Used to represent strings in a format statement like this:

       WRITE(*,100)
 100   FORMAT(17H TITLE OF PROGRAM)

use Hollerith strings are out-of-date as strings can now be delimited by single or double quotes:

       WRITE(*,100)
 100   FORMAT('TITLE OF PROGRAM')

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