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module noextspaces_mod
use precision_part
      use timers
!
!  module declarations
!
implicit none  ! force explicit typing
!
contains
subroutine noextspaces(name      ,length    )
!!--version information---------------------------------------------------------
! $Author$
! $Date$
! $Revision$
!!--description-----------------------------------------------------------------
!
!    Function: Removes the spaces at the front and the
!              end of the name. Also returns the length of the
!              cleaned name.
!              WARNING: do not call this subroutine with a
!              constant character string
! Method used:
!
!!--pseudo code and references--------------------------------------------------
! NONE
!!--declarations----------------------------------------------------------------
    implicit none
!
! Global variables
!
    integer          :: length
                                   !!  Length of cleaned name
    character(len=*) :: name
                                   !!  Name to be cleaned
!
!
! Local variables
!
    integer(ip)                    :: begpos
    integer(ip)                    :: endpos
    integer(ip)                    :: pos
    character(len=1)               :: achar
      integer(4) ithndl              ! handle to time this subroutine
      data       ithndl / 0 /
      if ( timon ) call timstrt( "noextspaces", ithndl )
!
!! executable statements -------------------------------------------------------
!
    !
    !-----initialization
    !
    begpos = 1
    endpos = len(name)
    if (endpos==0) then
       length = 0
       goto 999
    endif
    !
    !-----skip backside spaces
    !
  100 continue
    achar = name(endpos:endpos)
    if (achar==' ') then
       endpos = endpos - 1
       if (endpos>0) goto 100
       length = 0
       goto 999
    endif
    !
    !-----skip frontside spaces
    !
  200 continue
    achar = name(begpos:begpos)
    if ((achar==' ') .and. (begpos<endpos)) then
       begpos = begpos + 1
       goto 200
    endif
    !
    !-----adjust output
    !
    length = endpos - begpos + 1
    name(1:length) = name(begpos:endpos)
    do pos = length + 1, len(name)
       name(pos:pos) = ' '
    enddo
    !
  999 continue
      if ( timon ) call timstop ( ithndl )
end subroutine noextspaces
end module