zio_nf_get_vara_text

INTERFACE:

         integer function zio_nf_get_vara_text(filedesc,varid,istart,    &
      &                                        icount,text)

DESCRIPTION:

Gets a range of the given text variable from an input file. Note that text is not distributed.

REVISION HISTORY:

       2003-Jan-31 -- first prototype
       2003-Aug-13 -- minor change regarding broadcasting strategy
       2003-Aug-16 -- support single task mode: ZIO_SPMD undefined

INPUT PARAMETERS:

         implicit none
         integer, intent(in) :: filedesc
         integer, intent(in) :: varid
         integer, intent(in) :: istart(*), icount(*)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS:

         character(len=*), intent(out) :: text

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