; IDL-OPENDAP interface.
; Copyright (c) 2006 OPeNDAP, Inc.
; Author: Patrick West <mrpatrickwest@gmail.com> UCAR/HAO
;
; Based on IDL-DODS Written by Daniel J. Carr - Research Systems, Inc.
;
; This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
; version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
; 
; This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
; Lesser General Public License for more details.
; 
; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
; License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
; Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
;
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PRO opendap_handle_attribute, opendap_attr, attr_name, attr
;{
    OPENDAP_GET_ATTRIBUTE_INFO, attr, attr_name, attr_type, n_values
    OPENDAP_FIX_NAME, attr_name

    OPENDAP_GET_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE, attr, attr_type, 0ul, attr_val
    opendap_attr = attr_val
    FOR i_n_values = 1ul, n_values-1 DO BEGIN ;{
	OPENDAP_GET_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE, attr, attr_type, i_n_values, attr_val
	opendap_attr = [opendap_attr,attr_val]
    ENDFOR ;}
;}
END