/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Intrinsic Procedures, FLOAT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  FLOAT (integer)

  A function that converts the argument to a REAL*4 value.

  +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+
  | Args | Generic | Specific |  Argument  | Result Type |
  +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+
  |  1   |  FLOAT  | FLOATI   | INTEGER*2  | REAL*4      |
  |      |         | FLOATJ   | INTEGER*4  | REAL*4      |
  +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+