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E04WFF

Note:  before using this routine, please read the Users' Note for your implementation to check the interpretation of bold italicised terms and other implementation-dependent details.

+ Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy
    9  Example

1  Purpose

E04WFF may be used to supply individual optional parameters to E04WDF. The initialization routine E04WCF must have been called before calling E04WFF.

2  Specification

SUBROUTINE E04WFF ( STRING, IW, RW, IFAIL)
INTEGER  IW(*), IFAIL
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)  RW(*)
CHARACTER(*)  STRING

3  Description

E04WFF may be used to supply values for optional parameters to E04WDF. It is only necessary to call E04WFF for those parameters whose values are to be different from their default values. One call to E04WFF sets one parameter value.
Each optional parameter is defined by a single character string, of up to 72 characters, consisting of one or more items. The items associated with a given option must be separated by spaces, or equals signs =. Alphabetic characters may be upper or lower case. The string
Print Level = 1
is an example of a string used to set an optional parameter. For each option the string contains one or more of the following items:
a mandatory keyword;
a phrase that qualifies the keyword;
a number that specifies an integer or real value. Such numbers may be up to 16 contiguous characters in Fortran's I, F, E or D formats, terminated by a space if this is not the last item on the line.
For E04WFF, each user-specified option is not normally printed as it is defined, but this printing may be turned on using the keyword List. Thus the statement
CALL E04WFF ('List', IW, RW, IFAIL)
turns on printing of this and subsequent options. Printing may be turned off again using the keyword Nolist.
Optional parameter settings are preserved following a call to E04WDF and so the keyword Defaults is provided to allow you to reset all the optional parameters to their default values before a subsequent call to E04WDF.
A complete list of optional parameters, their abbreviations, synonyms and default values is given in Section 11 in E04WDF.

4  References

None.

5  Parameters

1:     STRING – CHARACTER(*)Input
On entry: a single valid option string (see Section 3 in E04WFF and Section 11 in E04WDF).
2:     IW(*) – INTEGER arrayCommunication Array
Note: the dimension of the array IW must be at least LENIW (see E04WCF).
3:     RW(*) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayCommunication Array
Note: the dimension of the array RW must be at least LENRW (see E04WCF).
4:     IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output
On entry: IFAIL must be set to 0, -1​ or ​1. If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value -1​ or ​1 is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value 1 is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is 0. When the value -1​ or ​1 is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.
On exit: IFAIL=0 unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry IFAIL=0 or -1, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by X04AAF).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
IFAIL=1
The initialization routine E04WCF has not been called.
IFAIL=2
The supplied option is invalid. Check that the keywords are neither ambiguous nor misspelt.

7  Accuracy

Not applicable.

8  Further Comments

E04WEF, E04WGF or E04WHF may also be used to supply optional parameters to E04WDF.

9  Example

See Section 9 in E04WEF.

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