	INTEGER FUNCTION GET_MAX_STRING_LEN(cx, mr, grid_data )

*  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),
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* Return the length of the longest string in this context

* V530: 8/00 *sh*
*       *acm* 3/12 Add E and F dimensions (use nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)

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

* calling argument declarations
	INTEGER  cx, mr
	REAL*8	grid_data(*)

* internal variable declarations
	INTEGER	smax

* pass in mr array dimensions
	CALL GET_MAX_STRING_LEN_SUB( cx, grid_data,
     .				     mr_lo_s1(mr), mr_hi_s1(mr),
     .				     mr_lo_s2(mr), mr_hi_s2(mr),
     .				     mr_lo_s3(mr), mr_hi_s3(mr),
     .				     mr_lo_s4(mr), mr_hi_s4(mr),
     .				     mr_lo_s5(mr), mr_hi_s5(mr),
     .				     mr_lo_s6(mr), mr_hi_s6(mr),
     .				     smax )

	GET_MAX_STRING_LEN = smax
	RETURN

	END
 
