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NBS_GET_TYPE
- Get the type of an item associated with the specified identifier
- Description:
- Check that the ID is not NIL.
Return the item's type.
- Invocation:
- (Int) = NBS_GET_TYPE (ID,TYPE,STATUS)
- Arguments:
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ID = INTEGER (Given)
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Identifier of the item for whose type is to be got.
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TYPE = CHARACTER*(*) (Returned)
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The item's type.
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STATUS = INTEGER (Given and returned)
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The global status. Possible return values are,
NBS__NILID NIL ID
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NBS The Noticeboard System
Starlink User Note 77
D.J. Allan
11 September 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk