-to be created as numeric variables with print and write format F8.2.
-Variable names including numeric suffixes may not exceed 64 characters
-in length, and none of the variables may exist prior to @cmd{VECTOR}.
-
-All the variables in a vector must be the same type. String variables
-in a vector must all have the same width.
+to be created as numeric variables. By default, the new variables
+have print and write format F8.2, but an alternate format may be
+specified inside the parentheses before or after the count and
+separated from it by white space or a comma. Variable names including
+numeric suffixes may not exceed 64 characters in length, and none of
+the variables may exist prior to @cmd{VECTOR}.