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- Description:
Enquire the length of a primitive. In the case of a character
object, this is the number of characters per element. For other
primitive types it is the number of bytes per element.
- Invocation:
CALL DAT_LEN( LOC, LEN, STATUS )
- Arguments:
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LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
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Primitive locator.
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LEN = INTEGER (Returned)
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Number of bytes per element.
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STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
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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