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DAT_LEN - Enquire primitive length   

Description:
Enquire the length of a primitive. In the case of a character object, this is the number of characters per element. For other primitive types it is the number of bytes per element.

Invocation:
CALL DAT_LEN( LOC, LEN, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Primitive locator.
LEN = INTEGER (Returned)
Number of bytes per element.
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