	SUBROUTINE FLOAT2STRING_FOR_XML (val, attype, strng, slen)
*
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*
* Write a floating-point value accurately to a string for XML output
*  Input is double precision floating-point number and the attribute
*  type that it had in the original dataset.
*  Return the string and string length

* programmer - Ansley Manke
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
* 27-Jun-2013

        include 'netcdf.inc'

* Argument declarations	
	REAL val
	CHARACTER*(*) strng
	INTEGER attype, slen

* Internal declarations
	LOGICAL TM_FPEQ
	CHARACTER TM_FMT*16
	INTEGER TM_LENSTR, STR_SAME, ival
	REAL test_val
  
  888	FORMAT(i16.0)

* Convert using TM_FMT

	strng = TM_FMT(val, 7,16,slen)

* If it's NaN, we are done.  See show_data_set_vars_xml. If the
* attribute is the _FillValue or missing_value, it has already 
* been converted to Ferret's default missing value, to match what
* Ferret will write into data varaibles.

	IF (STR_SAME(strng, 'NaN') .EQ. 0) THEN
	   CALL WARN('ATTRIBUTE is NaN')
	   slen = 3
	   GOTO 5000
	ENDIF

	IF (attype .EQ. nf_float .OR. attype .EQ. nf_double) THEN
	   slen = TM_LENSTR(strng)
	ELSE

* Check. Does the string correctly capture the value?

	   READ (strng, *) test_val
	   IF ( .NOT. TM_FPEQ (test_val, val) ) THEN

* Try with more digits
	      strng = TM_FMT(val, 9,16,slen)
	      READ (strng, *) test_val

* Still does not match. Write unformatted value. If it is
* known to be an integer, use a long integer format.

	      IF ( .NOT. TM_FPEQ (test_val, val) ) THEN
	         WRITE (strng, *) val
	         ival = val
	         IF (attype .EQ. nf_int) WRITE (strng, 888) ival
	      ENDIF

	      slen = TM_LENSTR(strng)
	   ENDIF
	ENDIF

 5000	CONTINUE
	RETURN
	END

