Name

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    MONTH_NAME

Purpose

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    This function returns the name of the desired calendar month.

Category

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    Calendar

Calling Sequence

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    Result = MONTH_NAME( Index )

Inputs

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    Index: The index number of the calendar month (0-11), of type integer.
        Can be a scalar or array.

Outputs

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    Result: Returns the name of calendar month #Index.

Keyword Parameters

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    ABBREVIATE: The function returns the three-letter abbreviation of the
        month. The default is the full name.

Uses

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    DIMENSION.pro

Procedure

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    This function returns a string with the name of month #Index.

Example

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    Get the name of calendar month #2.
      result = MONTH_NAME( 2 )
    Result = 'March'

Modification History

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    Written by: Daithi A. Stone (stoned@uvic.ca), 2000-07-10.
    Modified: DAS, 2001-01-24 (changed index to 0-11).
    Modified: DAS, 2002-01-13 (fixed conversion algorithm to 0-11 interval)
    Modified: DAS, 2010-08-10 (stoned@csag.uct.ac.za; allowed large
        vectors; altered formating)