The routine returns the full data type of an array as an upper-case character string (e.g. ’_REAL’ or ’COMPLEX_BYTE’).

CALL ARY_FTYPE( IARY, FTYPE, STATUS )

IARY = INTEGER (Given)

FTYPE = CHARACTER $\ast$ ( $\ast$ ) (Returned)

STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)

• The symbolic constant ARY__SZFTP may be used for declaring the length of a character variable to hold the full data type of an array. This constant is defined in the include file ARY_PAR.

• For "Scaled" arrays, the data type returned by this function is the data type of the SCALE and ZERO terms, rather than the data type of the stored array.