*+WTRMF4
      SUBROUTINE WTRMF4(Ounit,Chatter,Nk_hist,Hist,Nk_comm,Comment,
     &                  Rmfversn,Hduclas3,Telescop,Instrume,Detnam,
     &                  Filter,Areascal,Chantype,Flchan,Numelt,
     &                  Nchan,Nenerg,Numgrp,Energ_lo,Energ_hi,
     &                  Ngrp,F_chan,N_chan,Qorder,Order,Fmatrix,
     &                  Lo_thresh,Ierr)
 
      IMPLICIT NONE
      INTEGER Nenerg , Numelt, Numgrp
      INTEGER Chatter , Ierr
      INTEGER Ounit , Nk_hist , Nk_comm
      INTEGER Nchan , Flchan
      INTEGER Ngrp(Nenerg) , F_chan(Numgrp)
      INTEGER N_chan(Numgrp) , Order(Numgrp)
      REAL Areascal , Lo_thresh
      REAL Energ_lo(Nenerg) , Energ_hi(Nenerg)
      REAL Fmatrix(Numelt)
      CHARACTER*(*) Chantype
      CHARACTER*(*) Rmfversn
      CHARACTER*(*) Telescop , Instrume , Detnam , Filter
      CHARACTER*(*) Hduclas3
      CHARACTER*(*) Hist(*) , Comment(*)
      LOGICAL Qorder
 
c
c Description:
c  Creates and Writes the RMF extension for an RMF file one of the formats
c  conforming to the HDUVERS='1.*.*' family.
c Currently the following formats are supported (see OGIP/92-002a)
c   HDUVERS2 = '1.0.0'
c   HDUVERS2 = '1.1.0'
c   HDUVERS2 = '1.2.0'
c   HDUVERS  = '1.3.0'
c but HDUVERS2 = '1.0.0' or '1.1.0' or '1.2.0' will be overridden such 
c that HDUVERS = '1.3.0' is written.
c  Assumes the FITS file is open and has had the Primary Header written
c  !!! Note !!!! File is left open at the end
c      and  MUST BE CLOSED               by FTCLOS
c      or   ANOTHER EXTENSION ADDED      by FTCRHD
c  in order to (automatically) write the mandatory END header keyword.
c  For The matrix will be written as a VARIABLE LENGTH ARRAY if the reduction
c  in storage requirements (ie total number of stroed values) exceeds a
c  factor 3.0 over that obtained using a FIXED length array.
c
c Passed parameters
c  OUNIT         i   : FORTRAN unit number of open RMF file
c  CHATTER       i   : chattiness flag for o/p (5 quite,10 normal,>20 silly)
c  NK_HIST       i   : No. records to be written as HISTORY records
c  HIST          i   : Array of history strings to be written
c  NK_COMM       i   : No. records to be written as COMMENT records
c  COMMENT       i   : Array of comment strings to be written
c  RMFVERSN      i   : String denoting OGIP HDUVERS family
c  HDUCLAS3      i   : String containing HDUCLAS3 value
c  TELESCOP      i   : String listing telescope/mission
c  INSTRUME      i   : String listing instrument/detector
c  DETNAM        i   : String listing specific detector name
c  FILTER        i   : String listing instrument filter in use
c  AREASCAL      i   : Area scaling factor
c  CHANTYPE      i   : Type of detector channels in use (PHA, PI)
c  FLCHAN        i   : Lowest legal channel for this detector
c  NUMELT        i   : No. response matrix elements
c  NCHAN         i   : No. channels in the full array
c  NENERG        i   : No. energy bins
c  NUMGRP        i   : No. response groups
c  ENERG_LO      i   : Array containing lower bound to each energy bin
c  ENERG_HI      i   : Array containing upper bound to each energy bin
c  NGRP          i   : Array containing no. channel subsets at each energy
c  F_CHAN        i   : Array containing 1st chan of each subset at each energy
c  N_CHAN        i   : Array containing no. chans within each subset
c                           at each energy
c  QORDER        i   : If true order information will be written
c  ORDER         i   : Grating order to which the response group belongs
c  FMATRIX       i   : Array containing the full matrix
c  LO_THRESH     i   : The lower threshold used to construct the matrix
c  IERR          o   : Error flag (0 = OK)
c
c Called Routines:
c  subroutine CRMVBLK    : (CALLIB) Removes blanks from a string
c  subroutine FCECHO     : (FTOOLS) Writes to standard o/p device
c  subroutine FTBDEF     : (FITSIO) Defines the BINTABLE data structure
c  subroutine FTCRHD     : (FITSIO) Creates a new FITS extension file
c  subroutine FTPHBN     : (FITSIO) Writes the required header keywords
c  subroutine FTPCOM     : (FITSIO) Writes a FITS comment keyword
c  subroutine FTPCLx     : (FITSIO) Writes the data
c  subroutine FTPHIS     : (FITSIO) Writes a FITS history keyword
c  subroutine FTPKYS     : (FITSIO) Writes a keyword
c  subroutine WT_FERRMSG : (CALLIB) Writes FITSIO error message etc
c
c Compilation & Linking
c  link with FITSIO & CALLIB & FTOOLS
c
c Origin:
c  Code mostly hacked from within the BBRSP program
c
c Authors/Modification History:
c  Alan Smale       (1992 Sept/Oct), original BBRSP version
c  Ian M George     (1.0.1; 1992 Dec 29), tidied-up version
c  Ian M George     (1.0.2; 1993 Feb 28), minor debugging of History records
c  Ian M George     (1.0.3; 1993 May 19), hist & comment made chara*70
c  Rehana Yusaf     (1.0.4; 1993 July 27), array dimensions changed from
c                                         hard coded to using new arguments
c                                         MAXCHAN and MAXEN
c  Ian M George     (1.1.0; 1993 Jul 30), cosmetics
c  Ian M George     (2.0.0; 1993 Sep 03), added variable length arrays
c  Ian M George     (2.1.0; 1993 Oct 12), added HDUCLASn stuff
c  Ian M George     (3.0.0: 1993 Oct 13), renamed from wt_rmf1992a & major
c                                       overhaul of HDUCLAS/VERS stuff
c  Ian M George     (3.0.1: 1993 Dec 01), xtra checks before var length array
c  Ian M George     (3.1.0: 1994 Jan 24), added varidat for var length arrays
c  Ian M George     (3.2.0: 1994 Jun 27), made passed chars free form
c  Ian M George     (1.0.0: 1995 Nov 22), copied from wtrmf1 (v3.2.0), but
c                                         added chantype as passed parameter
c  Ian M George     (1.0.0:96 Oct 04) copied from wtrmf2 (v1.0.0), to support
c                               HDUVERS2 = '1.2.0' (and flchan added
c                               as passed parameter)
c
c Banashree M Seifert (1.1.0 Oct 10,1996)
c         . internal formatted write i# instead of i
c
c Banashree M Seifert (1.2.0 Nov 13, 1996)
c          . introduced istart, istop
c            this is needed due to the fact that when first channel
c            flchan=0, then index for channel no. should start from 1
c            and not from 0
c
c Banashree M Seifert (1.3.0 Nov 21, 1996)
c          . format in internal writing of wrtstr changed from
c            i2 to i4
c kaa (1.4.0 Dec 17, 1998)
c          . uses compressed matrix and replaces HDUVERS2 with HDUVERS
c            added support for version 1.3.0 of the file format with optional
c            grating order information and NUMGRP & NUMELT keywords. added
c            option to use variable length arrays on F_CHAN and N_CHAN columns.
c --------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CHARACTER*7 VERSION
      PARAMETER (VERSION='1.4.0')
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