CAT_GETXT

Get the next line of textual information from a catalogue

Description:

Get the next line of textual information from a catalogue.

Invocation

CALL CAT_GETXT (CI; FINISH, CLASS, TEXT; STATUS)

Arguments

CI = INTEGER (Given)
Catalogue identifier.
FINISH = LOGICAL (Returned)
Flag indicating whether a line of text was obtained, coded as follows: .FALSE. - a line was obtained ok; input of of textual information continues. .TRUE. - all the textual information has already been returned; input of textual information has terminated.
CLASS = CHARACTER() (Returned)
Class of the textual information. A set of values are permitted for each type of catalogue back-end (or file format), and these sets are different for different back-ends. Note that this argument is returned rather than given; an application cannot prescribe to CAT what class of textual information is required.
TEXT = CHARACTER() (Returned)
A single line of textual information.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

Copyright

Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

Bugs:

None known