The remote (or R) format item specifies that the format list in a FORMAT statement is to be used (as described under FORMAT statement).
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The R-format item and the specified FORMAT statement must be internal to the same block, and they must be in the same invocation of that block.
A remote FORMAT statement cannot contain an R-format item that references itself as a label reference, nor can it reference another remote FORMAT statement that leads to the referencing of the original FORMAT statement.
Conditions enabled for the GET or PUT statement must also be enabled for the remote FORMAT statement(s) that are referred to.
If the GET or PUT statement is the single statement of an ON-unit, that statement is a block, and it cannot contain a remote format item.