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getbmiss.f
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1 C> @file
2 C> @brief Get the current placeholder value for "missing" data
3 
4 C> This function returns the current placeholder value which
5 C> represents "missing" data when reading from or writing to
6 C> BUFR files.
7 C>
8 C> @author J. Woollen
9 C> @date 2012-09-15
10 C>
11 C> @returns getbmiss -- real*8: current placeholder value for
12 C> "missing" data
13 C>
14 C> <p>This subroutine can be called at any time from within an
15 C> application program, and the returned value can then be
16 C> used to represent "missing" data within the context of
17 C> future calls to any of the other BUFRLIB
18 C> [values-reading subroutines](@ref hierarchy) or
19 C> [values-writing subroutines](@ref hierarchy).
20 C> This placeholder value can also be changed at any
21 C> time via a separate call to subroutine setbmiss().
22 C>
23 C> <b>Program history log:</b>
24 C> | Date | Programmer | Comments |
25 C> | -----|------------|----------|
26 C> | 2012-09-15 | J. Woollen | Original author |
27 C>
28  REAL*8 FUNCTION getbmiss()
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30  USE modv_bmiss
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32 c-----------------------------------------------------------------------
33 c-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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35  CALL openbf(0,'FIRST',0)
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37  getbmiss = bmiss
38 
39  RETURN
40  END
This module declares and initializes the BMISS variable.
Definition: modv_BMISS.f90:9
REAL *8 function getbmiss()
This function returns the current placeholder value which represents &quot;missing&quot; data when reading from...
Definition: getbmiss.f:28
subroutine openbf(LUNIT, IO, LUNDX)
This subroutine connects a new file to the BUFRLIB software for input or output operations.
Definition: openbf.f:138