Data Dictionary System: Developers Fortran Api (cdds

fdds_scale - retrieve units conversion scale factors

SYNOPSIS

#include <fdds.h> (fixed-format sources)
#include <f90dds.h> (free-format sources)

real*8 fdds_scale(out, in)

: character*(*)out
character*(*)in

DESCRIPTION

fdds_scale retrieves the scale factor needed to convert from in units to out units. For time conversion units can be "sec","msec","usec","nsec" or of the form "xxx sec" where "xxx" is the number of seconds which can be any integer or floating point value. For distance conversions, units can be "meters" or "feet".

EXAMPLES

      real   scale
      real*8 scale2
      character*(100) units

      ier=fdds_scanf('units.axis(1)','%s\0', units)
      scale = fdds_scale('meters',units)

      scale2 = fdds_scale('feet','meters')

AUTHOR

R. L. Selzler, EPTG (Oct 1995)