Name

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      DBEXT_IND

Purpose

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      routine to read a indexed item values from index file

Calling Sequence

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      dbext_ind,list,item,dbno,values

Inputs

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      list - list of entry numbers to extract values for
              (if it is a scalar, values for all entries are extracted)
      item - item to extract
      dbno - number of the opened data base

Output

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      values - vector of values returned as function value

History

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      version 1 D. Lindler Feb 88
      Faster processing of string values W. Landsman April, 1992
      William Thompson, GSFC/CDS (ARC), 30 May 1994
              Added support for external (IEEE) data format
      Allow multiple valued (nonstring) index items W. Landsman November 2000
      Use 64bit integer index for large databases W. Landsman February 2001
      Fix sublisting of multiple valued index items W. Landsman March 2001
      Check whether any supplied entries are valid W. Landsman Jan 2009