	LOGICAL FUNCTION MATCH_NAME ( test_string, len_test, model_string, len_model_chars)

*
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*
* check to see if test string is same as model string to full length of model
* string
* model string must be all upper case - test string ignores case
* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
* written for VAX computer under VMS operating system
*
* revision 0.0 - 5/1/86
* revision 0.1 - 12/9/86 - allowed model_string of arbitrary length
* ywei  05/04 changed function prototype to allow speed up
*              before calling this function, make sure
*              len_test = TM_LENSTR(test_string)
*              len_model_chars = TM_LENSTR(model_string)

* calling argument declarations:
	CHARACTER*(*)	model_string
	CHARACTER*(*)	test_string
        INTEGER         len_test
        INTEGER         len_model_chars

* internal variable declarations:
	INTEGER		TM_LENSTR, len_model, i
        LOGICAL         result

	len_model	= LEN( model_string )

* test string cannot be shorter than model or longer than fully terminated model
	IF (   len_test        .LT. len_model_chars
     .	 .OR.( len_model_chars .LT. len_model		! fully terminated ?
     .	 .AND. len_test	       .GT. len_model_chars )	) GOTO 200

        CALL tm_match_captial_name(test_string, model_string, 
     .          len_model_chars, result)

        IF(.NOT.result) GOTO 200
* it matches
	MATCH_NAME = .TRUE.
	RETURN

* it doesn't match
 200	MATCH_NAME = .FALSE.
	RETURN

	END
