	SUBROUTINE KNOWN_DATA_TYPE ( cx )

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* find the data type for the given variable

* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
*
* V533:  7/01
* V554 1/04 *acm* - add counter_var 
*       *acm* 3/12 6D Ferret (common uses nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)
* V680 5/12 *acm* 6D Ferret, changes for DEFINE DATA/AGGREGATE

	include	'tmap_dims.parm'
	include	'xdset_info.cmn_text'
	external xdset_info_data
	include	'ferret.parm'
	include	'xcontext.cmn'
	include	'xvariables.cmn'
	include	'xcalc_vars.cmn'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	cx

* internal variable declarations:
	INTEGER	dset, data_set, category, variable, idim, trans

* initialize
	category = cx_category(cx)
	variable = cx_variable(cx)
	data_set = cx_data_set(cx)

* different procedure for determining grid from each category
	IF     ( category .EQ. cat_file_var ) THEN

	   cx_type(cx) =  ds_var_type(variable)

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_aggregate_var ) THEN

           cx_type(cx) = ds_var_type(variable)

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_calc_var ) THEN

           cx_type(cx) = ptype_float

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_user_var ) THEN

* ... allow "abstract" expressions that don't depend on data set
	   IF ( .NOT.uvar_need_dset(variable)
     .	   .OR. data_set .EQ. unspecified_int4 ) THEN
	      dset = pdset_irrelevant
	   ELSE
	      dset = data_set
	   ENDIF
	   cx_type(cx) = uvar_data_type( variable, dset )

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_temp_var ) THEN
!! here, variable may be up to 2000, mr_type is dimension 151
	   cx_type(cx) = mr_type( variable )  

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_counter_var ) THEN

	   cx_type(cx) = ptype_float

	ELSEIF ( category .EQ. cat_attrib_val ) THEN  !should have been set elsewhere

	   IF (cx_type(cx) .EQ. 0 .OR. 
     .         cx_type(cx) .EQ. unspecified_int4 ) 
     .        STOP 'unknown var.att in KNOWN_DATA_TYPE'

	ELSE

	   STOP 'KNOWN_TYP'

	ENDIF

* For string variables the result data type of @NGD and @NBD is float.  
	IF (cx_type(cx) .EQ. ptype_string) THEN
	   DO 100, idim = 1, nferdims
	      trans = cx_trans(idim, cx) 
	      IF (trans .EQ. trans_good_pt    .OR.
     .            trans .EQ. trans_bad_pt     .OR.
     .            trans .EQ. trans_4d_good_pt .OR.
     .            trans .EQ. trans_4d_bad_pt ) THEN
                  cx_type(cx) = ptype_float
       	       ENDIF
 100	   CONTINUE
        ENDIF

	RETURN
	END
