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- Description:
Read a primitive (access type specified by a parameter).
- Invocation:
CALL DAT_GET( LOC, TYPE, NDIM, DIM, VALUE, STATUS )
- Arguments:
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LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
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Primitive locator.
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TYPE = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZTYP ) (Given)
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Data type.
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NDIM = INTEGER (Given)
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Number of dimensions.
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DIM = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
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Object dimensions.
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VALUE = ?( <dim( 1 )>, <dim( 2 )>, ... ) (Returned)
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Object value.
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STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
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The global status.
- Notes:
When reading character strings the normal Fortran 77 rules for
character assignment are followed, ie. if the string length of
the primitive object is less than that of the value array, each
string is padded to the right with blanks; if greater, the
strings are truncated from the right.
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HDS Hierarchical Data System
Starlink User Note 92
R.F. Warren-Smith & M.D. Lawden
23rd February 1999
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk
Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils