function gtcpnt(pntnam    ,gdp       )
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!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!  $Id$
!  $HeadURL$
!!--description-----------------------------------------------------------------
!
!   Look up a character pointer name using FSM
!   and return an index into the appropriate array.
!
!!--pseudo code and references--------------------------------------------------
!
!   - Determine the length of the pointer name.
!   - Call the FSM GETPTR routine.
!   - If this returns zero, an error occured: an error message will be printed 
!     (by ERRPNT) and the program terminates (in ERRPNT)
!
!!--declarations----------------------------------------------------------------
    use precision
    use globaldata
    !
    implicit none
    !
    type(globdat),target :: gdp
    !
    ! The following list of pointer parameters is used to point inside the gdp structure
    !
    include 'fsm.i'
!
! Global variables
!
    integer(pntrsize) :: gtcpnt
    character(*)    :: pntnam
                                   !!  Character string containing array
                                   !!  name (hence max 6 characters).
!
! Local variables
!
    integer                        :: ind   ! Actual length of character string
!
!! executable statements -------------------------------------------------------
!
    ! Define length of pointer name (array name)
    ind = index(pntnam, ' ')
    if (ind==0) ind = len(pntnam) + 1
    !
    ! Call dynamic array declaration function GETPTR to get requested
    ! array pointer
    !
    gtcpnt = getptr(pntnam(:ind - 1))
    if (gtcpnt==0) then
       call errpnt(pntnam, 'character', 'lookup', gdp)
       ! program is terminated in errpnt
    endif
end function gtcpnt