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DAT_ALTER - Alter object size   

Description:
Alter the size of an array by increasing or reducing the last (or only) dimension. If a structure array is to be reduced in size, the operation will fail if any truncated elements contain components.

Invocation:
CALL DAT_ALTER( LOC, NDIM, DIM, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Object locator.
NDIM = INTEGER (Given)
Number of dimensions.
DIM = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
Object dimensions.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.



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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