Function: NELC Purpose: The integer function NELC finds the number of characters in a fortran character string discarding trailing blanks. Category: TEXT File: nelc.c Author: K.G Begeman Use: INTEGER NELC( STRING ) Input character*(*) NELC Returns the number of characters in STRING discarding trailing blanks. STRING Character string for which to determine the number of characters. Updates: May 23, 1989: KGB, Creation date.