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CHR_TERM  -  Terminate a string by padding out with blanks

Description:
The given string, STRING, is terminated to a length of LENGTH characters by filling the remainder of its declared length with blanks.

Invocation:
CALL CHR_TERM( LENGTH, STRING )

Arguments:
LENGTH = INTEGER (Given)
The required length for the string: it must be positive and not greater than the declared length of the string.
STRING = CHARACTER ( ) (Given and Returned)
The string to be terminated.



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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk