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DAT_NEWC - Create string component   

Description:
Create a new component whose elements are of type "_CHAR*n".
Invocation:
CALL DAT_NEWC( LOC, NAME, LEN, NDIM, DIM, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Structure locator.
NAME = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZNAM ) (Given)
Component name.
LEN = INTEGER (Given)
Number of characters per value.
NDIM = INTEGER (Given)
Number of dimensions.
DIM = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
Object dimensions.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.



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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