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ARY_FORM - Obtain the storage form of an array

Description:
The routine returns the storage form of an array as an upper-case character string (e.g. 'SIMPLE').
Invocation:
CALL ARY_FORM( IARY, FORM, STATUS )
Arguments:
IARY = INTEGER (Given)
Array identifier.
FORM = CHARACTER $*$ ( $*$ ) (Returned)
Storage form of the array.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.
Notes:
  • The symbolic constant ARY__SZFRM may be used for declaring the length of a character variable to hold the storage form of an array. This constant is defined in the include file ARY_PAR.

  • At present, the ARY_ routines only support "primitive", "scaled", "simple" and "delta" arrays, so only the values 'PRIMITIVE', 'SCALED' 'DELTA' and 'SIMPLE' can be returned.


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ARY [2.5ex
Starlink User Note 11
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
19th July 2012
E-mail:starlink@jiscmail.ac.uk

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