Name

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      MONTHNUM

Purpose

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      Return month number given name.

Category

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Calling Sequence

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      num = monthnum(name)

Inputs

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      name = month name (at least 3 characters). in
        May be an array. Case ignored.

Keyword Parameters

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Keywords

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        /CHAR return results as 2-digit character strings.

Outputs

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      num = month number (Jan=1, Feb=2, ...). out
        -1 means invalid input month name.

Common Blocks

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Notes

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Modification History

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      R. Sterner, 1999 Aug 2
      R. Sterner, 2001 Jun 21 --- Allowed arrays.
      R. Sterner, 2010 Jun 07 --- Converted arrays from () to [].
      R. Sterner, 2012 Mar 09 --- Added /CHAR.
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