Section 11,82: SNGL

 SNGL (number)

 A function that converts the argument to a real value.
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+        
 | Args | Generic | Specific |  Argument  | Result Type |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+
 |  1   |  REAL   |  --      | INTEGER*1  | REAL*4      |
 |      |         | FLOATI   | INTEGER*2  | REAL*4      |
 |      |         | FLOATJ   | INTEGER*4  | REAL*4      |
 |      |see note | FLOATK   | INTEGER*8  | REAL*4      |
 |      |         | REAL     | REAL*4     | REAL*4      |
 |      |         |  --      | REAL*8     | REAL*4      |
 |      |see note | SNGLQ    | REAL*16    | REAL*4      |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+

 NOTE: FLOATK is only available on AXP systems.
       SNGLQ is not available in DEC Fortran.

 The setting of -r8 affects SNGL.