%N nelc %F $MIR/src/subs/utilities.for
%D Return the length of the string
%P bpw
%: utilities, strings
%B
      integer function nelc(string)
      character string*(*)

 Nelc finds the number of characters in a string before a zero byte,
 discarding trailing spaces.

 Input:
   string:   string to determine the length of
