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DAT_CONV - Enquire data conversion   

Description:
Compare the data type of a primitive with the type of data being used by the program and determine whether conversion is possible.

Invocation:
CALL DAT_CONV( LOC, TYPE, REPLY, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Primitive locator.
TYPE = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZTYP ) (Given)
Data type used by the program.
REPLY = LOGICAL (Returned)
.TRUE. if conversion possible, otherwise .FALSE..
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

Notes:
This routine is obsolete as HDS now permits all conversions between primitive types.



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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