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CHR_DTOC
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Encode a DOUBLE PRECISION value as a string
- Description:
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Encode a DOUBLE PRECISION value as a character string, using as
concise a format as possible, and return the number of characters
used. In the event of an error, '
's are written to the string.
- Invocation:
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CALL CHR_DTOC( DVALUE, STRING, NCHAR )
- Arguments:
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DVALUE = DOUBLE PRECISION (Given)
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The value to be encoded.
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STRING = CHARACTER
(
) (Returned)
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The string into which the value is to be encoded.
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NCHAR = INTEGER (Returned)
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The field width used in encoding the value.

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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk