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CHR_ATOM
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Translate a string from ASCII to the machine's character set
- Description:
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The string STR1, which has been written on a machine which uses
the ASCII character set and subsequently read on another
machine is returned in STR2 translated into the correct
character set for that machine.
- Invocation:
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CALL CHR_ATOM( STR1, STR2 )
- Arguments:
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STR1 = CHARACTER
(
) (Given)
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The character string written on a machine with an ASCII
character set and read on a machine which may not use
ASCII.
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STR2 = CHARACTER
(
) (Returned)
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The character string translated into the machine's character
set. If STR2 is shorter than STR1, the translated string will
be truncated; if STR2 is longer than STR1, STR2 will be padded
with blanks beyond the translated string.

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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