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C> @file
C> @brief Test whether a real*8 data value is "missing"
 
C> This function provides a handy way to check whether a real*8
C> data value returned from a previous call to any of the
C> other BUFRLIB [values-reading subroutines](@ref hierarchy)
C> contains the current placeholder value for "missing" data.
C>
C> @author J. Ator
C> @date 2007-01-19
C>
C> @param[in] R8VAL -- real*8: Data value to be tested
C>
C> @returns ibfms  -- integer:
C>                    - 0 = R8VAL is not "missing"
C>                    - 1 = R8VAL is "missing"
C>
C> <p>The current placeholder value for "missing" data
C> is always equal to the value XMISS as specified during the
C> most recent call to subroutine setbmiss(), or to a default
C> value of 10E10 if setbmiss() was never called.  In either
C> case, a return value of 1 means that the corresponding
C> value was encoded as "missing" (all bits set to 1)
C> within the actual BUFR data subset.
C>
C> @remarks
C> - The use of an integer return code allows this function
C> to be called in a logical context from application programs
C> written in C as well as in Fortran.
C>
C> <b>Program history log:</b>
C> | Date | Programmer | Comments |
C> | -----|------------|----------|
C> | 2007-01-19 | J. Ator | Original author |
C> | 2009-03-23 | J. Ator | Increased value of BDIFD for better test accuracy |
C> | 2012-10-05 | J. Ator | Modified to reflect the fact that the "missing" value is now configurable by users (may be something other than 10E10) |
C>
    INTEGER FUNCTION ibfms ( R8VAL )
 
        USE modv_bmiss
 
    real*8      r8val
 
C----------------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    IF ( r8val .EQ. bmiss ) THEN
        ibfms = 1
    ELSE
        ibfms = 0
    ENDIF
 
    RETURN
    END