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DAT_GETx - Read primitive   

Description:
Read a primitive (access type specified by routine name).
Invocation:
CALL DAT_GETx( LOC, NDIM, DIM, VALUE, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Primitive locator.
NDIM = INTEGER (Given)
Number of dimensions.
DIM = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
Object dimensions.
VALUE = ?( <dim( 1 )>, <dim( 2 )>, ... ) (Returned)
Object value.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

Notes:
There is a routine for each standard data type; to call them, replace x by C (Character), D (Double), I (Integer), L (Logical), R (Real). See DAT_GET notes on character conversion.



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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