SDS_BSCALE(3)
NAME
sds_bscale
- writes data to a file pointer
SYNOPSIS
#include <soi_sds.h>
double sds_bscale(SDS *sdsptr)
DESCRIPTION
sds_bscale
Makes use of sds_search_attrvalue(SDS *sdsptr, char *key)
routine. The key in this routine is "BSCALE". It uses the
convention specified for the internal representation and
uses attribute "SCALE" associated with the SDS data set. If
the "SCALE" is unset it uses the default value which is
specified as 1.0. It returns a double.
Returns 1.0 if the pointer passed is pointing to NULL.
FILES
~soi/(release)/include/soi_sds.h
~soi/(release)/include/soi_error.h
~soi/(release)/src/libsds.d/sds_attr.c
SEE ALSO
FEATURES and BUGS
The rules for the intertype conversion must be obeyed.
HISTORY
94.08.31 A Jain: created this file