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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:

ID = INTEGER (Given)
Identifier of the item for whose type is to be got.
TYPE = CHARACTER*(*) (Returned)
The item's type.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and returned)
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