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+! { dg-do run }
+! PR118571 UTF-8 output and the A edit descriptor.
+
+program test
+
+ use iso_fortran_env
+
+ implicit none
+
+ integer, parameter :: ucs4 = selected_char_kind('ISO_10646')
+
+ character(kind=ucs4, len=1), parameter :: alpha = char(int(z'03B1'), ucs4)
+ character(kind=ucs4, len=1), parameter :: beta = char(int(z'03B2'), ucs4)
+ character(kind=ucs4, len=1), parameter :: space = ucs4_' '
+
+ integer fd
+ character(kind=ucs4,len=:), allocatable :: str
+ character(kind=ucs4,len=25) :: instr, correct
+
+ fd = 42
+
+ open (fd, encoding='UTF-8', status="scratch")
+ open (output_unit, encoding='UTF-8')
+ str = repeat(space,6)//alpha//beta//alpha//beta
+
+ write(fd,'(I4,1X,A)') len_trim(str), str
+ rewind(fd)
+ read(fd,'(a)') instr
+ if (trim(instr) /= ucs4_' 10 '//trim(str)) stop 1
+
+ str = alpha // beta // alpha // beta
+ rewind(fd)
+ write(fd,'(I4,1X,">",A,"<")') len_trim(str(1:1)), str(1:1)
+ rewind(fd)
+ read(fd,'(a)') instr
+ if (trim(instr) /= ucs4_' 1 >'//alpha//ucs4_'<') stop 2
+
+ rewind(fd)
+ write(fd,*) len_trim(str(1:1)), str(1:1)
+ rewind(fd)
+ read(fd,'(a)') instr
+ if (trim(instr) /= ucs4_' 1 '//alpha) stop 3
+
+ rewind(fd)
+ write(fd,'(I4,1X,">",A1,"<")') len_trim(str(1:1)), str(1:1)
+ rewind(fd)
+ read(fd, '(a)') instr
+ if (trim(instr) /= ucs4_' 1 >'//alpha//ucs4_'<') stop 4
+
+ rewind(fd)
+ write(fd,'(I4,1X,">",A1,"<")') len_trim(str), str
+ rewind(fd)
+ read(fd, '(a)') instr
+ if (trim(instr) /= ucs4_' 4 >'//alpha//ucs4_'<') stop 5
+ close(fd)
+end program
+