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*	Support for PR1ME INFORMATION subroutine '-CHARS'
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*	(c) Copyright 1998 Ardent Software Inc. - All Rights Reserved
*	This is unpublished proprietary source code of Ardent Software Inc.
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*	07/25/88   -    -  Maintenence log purged at 5.2.1, see release 5.1.10.
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$OPTIONS DEFAULT

subroutine PR1ME(ans,m1)
	ans = CHARS(m1)
return