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CHARACTER_ARRAY - Declare a CHARACTER array argument

Description:
Declare a C function argument, given that the actual argument will be a CHARACTER array passed from a FORTRAN program.

Invocation:
CHARACTER_ARRAY(arg)

Arguments:

arg
The dummy argument to be declared.

Examples:

CHARACTER_ARRAY(x)
will expand as follows:

All Unix: char *x
VAX/VMS: struct dsc$descriptor_a *x_arg




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CNF and F77 Mixed Language Programming -- FORTRAN and C
Starlink User Note 209
P.M. Allan
A.J. Chipperfield
R.F. Warren-Smith
19 January 2000
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk