icbfms.f File Reference

Test whether a character string is "missing". More...

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Functions/Subroutines
integer function	icbfms (STR, LSTR)
	This function provides a handy way to check whether a character string returned from a previous call to subroutine readlc() was encoded as "missing" (all bits set to 1) within the actual BUFR data subset. More...

Detailed Description

Test whether a character string is "missing".

Definition in file icbfms.f.

Function/Subroutine Documentation

icbfms()

integer function icbfms	(	character*(*)	STR,
			LSTR
	)

This function provides a handy way to check whether a character string returned from a previous call to subroutine readlc() was encoded as "missing" (all bits set to 1) within the actual BUFR data subset.

Author

J. Ator

Date

2012-06-07

Parameters

[in]	STR	– character*(*): String
[in]	LSTR	– integer: Length of string, i.e. number of characters within STR to be tested

Returns

icbfms – integer:

• 0 = STR is not "missing"
• 1 = STR is "missing"

Remarks

• The use of an integer return code allows this function to be called in a logical context from application programs written in C as well as in Fortran.

Program history log:

Date	Programmer	Comments
2012-06-07	J. Ator	Original author
2015-03-10	J. Woollen	Improved logic for testing legacy cases prior to BUFRLIB V10.2.0
2016-02-12	J. Ator	Modified for CRAYFTN compatibility

Definition at line 31 of file icbfms.f.

References icbfms(), and iupm().

Referenced by icbfms(), rdcmps(), rdtree(), ufbdmp(), and ufdump().