      SUBROUTINE STRING_CONCATENATE (com_cx,
     .				 com1, mr1,
     .				 com2, mr2,
     .				 res, mres )

*  This software was developed by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis
*  Project(TMAP) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
*  Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Lab(PMEL),
*  hereafter referred to as NOAA/PMEL/TMAP.
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* perform a string concatenation operation

* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program

* V533 *sh* 7/01 - based upon OPERATE.F
*       *acm* 3/12 Add E and F dimensions (use nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)

	include 'tmap_dims.parm'
	include	'ferret.parm'
	include	'errmsg.parm'
	include 'xvariables.cmn'
	include	'xmem_subsc.cmn'
	include 'xcontext.cmn'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	com_cx(4), mr1, mr2, mres, m, n
	REAL*8  com1( m1lox:m1hix,m1loy:m1hiy,m1loz:m1hiz,m1lot:m1hit,m1loe:m1hie,m1lof:m1hif ),
     .		com2( m2lox:m2hix,m2loy:m2hiy,m2loz:m2hiz,m2lot:m2hit,m2loe:m2hie,m2lof:m2hif )
        REAL*8   res( m5lox:m5hix,m5loy:m5hiy,m5loz:m5hiz,m5lot:m5hit,m5loe:m5hie,m5lof:m5hif )

* internal variable declarations:
	INTEGER CX_DIM_LEN, COMPARE_C_STRINGS,
     .          i, j, k, l, icom, idim,
     .		i1, j1, k1, l1, m1, n1, i2, j2, k2, l2, m2, n2,
     .		di1, dj1, dk1, dl1, dm1, dn1, 
     .		di2, dj2, dk2, dl2, dm2, dn2,
     .		si1, sj1, sk1, sl1, sm1, sn1, 
     .		si2, sj2, sk2, sl2, sm2, sn2

* internal parameter declaration
        INTEGER num_com
        PARAMETER (num_com = 2)

* equivalence conveniences. Arrays are (idim, icom)
* "inc" is the increments for each axis of each component
* "lo"  is the starting subscript (minus 1) for each axis of each component
	INTEGER	inc(nferdims,4), lo(nferdims,4)
	EQUIVALENCE
     .	(lo(1,1),si1), (lo(2,1),sj1), (lo(3,1),sk1), (lo(4,1),sl1), (lo(5,1),sm1), (lo(6,1),sn1), 
     .	(lo(1,2),si2), (lo(2,2),sj2), (lo(3,2),sk2), (lo(4,2),sl2), (lo(5,2),sm2), (lo(6,2),sn2), 
     .	(inc(1,1),di1),(inc(2,1),dj1),(inc(3,1),dk1),(inc(4,1),dl1),(inc(5,1),dm1),(inc(6,1),dn1), 
     .	(inc(1,2),di2),(inc(2,2),dj2),(inc(3,2),dk2),(inc(4,2),dl2),(inc(5,2),dm2),(inc(6,2),dn2)

* compute the delta increment for each axis of each component
	DO 2 icom = 1, num_com
	DO 2 idim = 1, nferdims
	   IF ( CX_DIM_LEN(idim,com_cx(icom)) .EQ. 1 ) THEN
	      inc(idim,icom) = 0
	   ELSE
	      inc(idim,icom) = 1
	   ENDIF
 2	CONTINUE

* compute the starting subscript for each axis of each component
* (pre-decrement by 1 delta for looping ahead)
	DO 4 icom = 1, num_com
	DO 4 idim = 1, nferdims
 4	lo(idim,icom) = cx_lo_ss(com_cx(icom),idim) - inc(idim,icom)

	n1 = sn1
	n2 = sn2
	DO 200 n = mr_lo_s6(mres), mr_hi_s6(mres)
	 n1 = n1 + dn1
	 n2 = n2 + dn2
	 m1 = sm1
	 m2 = sm2
	  DO 200 m = mr_lo_s5(mres), mr_hi_s5(mres)
	  m1 = m1 + dm1
	  m2 = m2 + dm2
	  l1 = sl1
	  l2 = sl2
	  DO 200 l = mr_lo_s4(mres), mr_hi_s4(mres)
	  l1 = l1 + dl1
	  l2 = l2 + dl2
	  k1 = sk1
	  k2 = sk2
	   DO 200 k = mr_lo_s3(mres), mr_hi_s3(mres)
	   k1 = k1 + dk1
	   k2 = k2 + dk2
	   j1 = sj1
	   j2 = sj2
	    DO 200 j = mr_lo_s2(mres), mr_hi_s2(mres)
	    j1 = j1 + dj1
	    j2 = j2 + dj2
	    i1 = si1
	    i2 = si2
	     DO 200 i = mr_lo_s1(mres), mr_hi_s1(mres)
	     i1 = i1 + di1
	     i2 = i2 + di2

             CALL C_STRCAT(com1(i1,j1,k1,l1,m1,n1),
     .                     com2(i2,j2,k2,l2,m2,n2),
     .                     res(i,j,k,l,m,n)      )

 200	CONTINUE

	RETURN
        END
