PROGRAM Example CHARACTER(23) :: str = "Hello,How,Are,You,Today" CHARACTER(5) :: word(5) INTEGER :: pos1 = 1, pos2, n = 0, i DO pos2 = INDEX(str(pos1:), ",") IF (pos2 == 0) THEN n = n + 1 word(n) = str(pos1:) EXIT END IF n = n + 1 word(n) = str(pos1:pos1+pos2-2) pos1 = pos2+pos1 END DO DO i = 1, n WRITE(*,"(2A)", ADVANCE="NO") TRIM(word(i)), "." END DO END PROGRAM Example