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- Description:
Return a locator to a "slice" of a vector or an array.
- Invocation:
CALL DAT_SLICE( LOC1, NDIM, DIML, DIMU, LOC2, STATUS )
- Arguments:
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LOC1 = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
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Array locator.
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NDIM = INTEGER (Given)
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Number of dimensions.
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DIML = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
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Lower dimension bounds.
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DIMU = INTEGER( NDIM ) (Given)
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Upper dimension bounds.
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LOC2 = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Returned)
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Slice locator.
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STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
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The global status.
- Notes:
If any of the upper bounds are zero or negative, the size of the
corresponding dimension in the object is used. Currently, only
1, 2 or 3-D objects can be sliced.
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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