PAR_STATE

Inquires the state of a parameter

Description:

This routine returns the current state of the indicated parameter. The possible states are GROUND, ACTIVE, CANCELLED and ANNULLED.

Invocation

CALL PAR_STATE( PARAM, STATE, STATUS )

Arguments

PARAM = CHARACTER ( ) (Given)
The parameter name.
STATE = INTEGER (Returned)
The current state value of the parameter.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

Notes:

The symbolic names for these state values are as follows. PAR__GROUND is the ground state, PAR__ACTIVE is the active state, PAR__CANCEL is the cancelled state, and PAR__NULLST is the null state. These are defined in the Fortran INCLUDE file ’PAR_PAR’.