UTILITY general subroutines


The following general subroutines belong to the category UTILITY:
``General utility routines'' In parentheses the name of the source file is given.
anyoutf
anyout using variable arguments ()
CHRINT
Converts an integer to a character string. The integer is left-adjusted encoded. (chrint.c)
DCDCHAR
Decodes a string of characters into character strings. (herinp.c)
DCDCHARL
Decodes a string of characters into character strings. All alphabetic characters will be in lowercase. (herinp.c)
DCDCHARU
Decodes a string of characters into character strings. All alphabetic characters will be in uppercase. (herinp.c)
DCDDBLE
Decodes a string of characters into doubles. (herinp.c)
DCDINT
Decodes a string of characters into integers. (herinp.c)
DCDLOG
Decodes a string of characters into logicals. (herinp.c)
DCDREAL
Decodes a string of characters into reals. (herinp.c)
errorf
error, using variable arguments ()
filestat
Returns the status of a file. (filestat.c)
FTRUNC
Truncates a file to a specified number of bytes. (ftrunc.c)
GAUSSN
GAUSSN computes the value of an N-component Gaussian (gaussn.shl)
GDSD_HISTORY
Writes current date and time and the current task parameters to history in the descriptor of a set at top level. (history.c)
GETDATE
Returns the current time and date as a text string. (getdate.c)
GETLOGNAM
Returns the log name of the current user. (getlognam.c)
GETUSERNAM
Returns the user name of the current user. (getusernam.c)
HERINP
Decodes a string of characters into reals, integers, logicals, characters or bytes. (herinp.c)
present
Describes the use of undefined arguments in subroutine and function calls. (present.c)
presentc
Logical function checking the 'presence' of a character argument in a subroutine/function call. (present.c)
presentn
Logical function checking the 'presence' of a numeric argument in a subroutine/function call. (present.c)
TIMER
Returns the cpu time and real time. (timer.c)
WMATCH
Matches a test string with the mask string which contains wildcards. (wmatch.c)

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