	SUBROUTINE STORE_STRING( text, mr, offset, status )

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* Store a given FORTRAN character string into dynamic memory

* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program

* V530:  8/00 *sh*
*       *acm* 3/12 6D Ferret (common uses nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)

	include	'tmap_dims.parm'
	include	'ferret.parm'
	include	'errmsg.parm'
	include	'xvariables.cmn'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	mr, offset, status
!	REAL    memory( mem_blk_size, max_mem_blks )
	CHARACTER*(*) text

* internal variable declarations:
	INTEGER	clen, istat

* --- end of introductory code ---

* length of string to be stored
	clen = LEN(text)

* convert to a null-terminated C string
! instead we are using the assumption that FORTRAN character arrays are
! passed with the correct starting address
!	CALL GET_WORK_SPC( 1+clen/4, wrk1, status )
!	IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) RETURN

!	CALL TM_FTOC_STRNG (text,
!     .			    memory(1,wrk1), clen )

* allocate dynamic storage and save the pointer in the Ferret grid
	CALL SAVE_C_STRING(text, clen,
     .			   mr_c_pointer(mr), offset, istat )
	IF (istat .NE. 0) THEN
	   CALL ERRMSG(ferr_insuff_memory, status,
     .			'dynamic memory for string', *5000)
	ELSE
	   status = ferr_ok
	ENDIF

 5000	RETURN
	END	
