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5.1.2 Indicator Cards

As before, the user must prepare an input file, the SGIF (Standard Group type Input Format) file, consisting of indicator and data cards. The former contain a simple keyword to specify the type of data that follows. Possible indicator cards are given in Figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1: Possible indicator cards
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Indicator cards must appear in the order shown. The cards TEMPORARIES, GLOBALS and INDIVIDUALS are optional.

The data cards are of a single kind, using four fields, fields 1, 2, 3 and 7, exactly as described in Section 4.2.