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ANannlen/afannlen

int32 ANannlen(int32 ann_id)

ann_id IN:

Annotation identifier returned by ANcreate, ANcreatef, or ANselect

Purpose

Returns the length of an annotation.

Return value

Returns the length of the annotation or FAIL (or -1) otherwise.

Description

ANannlen returns the number of characters contained in the annotation specified by the parameter ann_id. This function is commonly used to determine the size of a buffer to store the annotation upon reading.

FORTRAN

integer function afannlen(ann_id)

integer ann_id



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HDF Reference Manual - 07/29/98, NCSA HDF Development Group.