	INTEGER FUNCTION GCF_PARENT_CHAR( child_uvar, start )

*
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* Given the starting character number of this uvar within it immediate parent
* return the starting character number of this uvar within its ancestor

*    Note that the ancestor may be a grand-parent or great-grand
*    For example, in the expression
*        A = FCN1(v1+v2) + B
*    where FCN1 is a grid changing function then "FCN1(v1+v2)" will be a
*    child of "A" and "v1+v2" will be a grand-child. The routine INIT_UVAR
*    will have designated "A" as the parent of "v1+v2". The purpose of
*    this routine would be to return the uvar of "A" when given the child_uvar
*    whose definition is "v1+v2"

* V510: *sh* 1/00
*       *acm* 3/12 6D Ferret (common uses nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)

* calling argument declarations
	INTEGER		start, child_uvar

* internal variable declarations
	INTEGER   uvar, c, offset

	include	'tmap_dims.parm'
	include 'ferret.parm'
	include 'xvariables.cmn'

* initialize
	uvar = child_uvar
	c = start

	IF (uvar_parent(uvar) .NE. 0) THEN
	   
* compute the character address of this function within its parent
	   READ (uvar_name_code(uvar)(3:5),'(I3)',ERR=5000) offset
	   c = c + offset - 1

	ENDIF

* end of the lineage -- this parent has no parent
	GCF_PARENT_CHAR = c
	RETURN

* funky error exit
 5000	 GCF_PARENT_CHAR = 0	! will generate an error downstream

	   RETURN

	END
