	SUBROUTINE GET_FVARS_LIST_BY_ATTNAME_AND_VAL
     .			(attname, attstring, maxlist,
     .			 id_list, dset_list, nfound  )

*
*
*  This software was developed by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis
*  Project(TMAP) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
*  Administration''s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Lab(PMEL),
*  hereafter referred to as NOAA/PMEL/TMAP.
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*
*
* return a list of all file variables that have a particular given value for
* a given string attribute
* intended usage:  find variables that have __LAYERZ_REF__'="DEPTH"
* Note: if the incoming string is unspecified_name4, then all attrib vals match

* V690: 2/14 *sh* 
* V693+ 11/14 *sh* renaming 'sigma' as 'layerz' throughout

        IMPLICIT NONE
#include "tmap_dset.parm"
        include 'tmap_dims.parm'
	include 'ferret.parm'
	include 'gfdl_vms.parm'
	include 'xdset_info.cmn_text'
	include 'xvariables.cmn'
	include 'xrisc.cmn'

* calling argument declaration:
	CHARACTER*(*) attname, attstring
	INTEGER	maxlist, id_list(maxlist), dset_list(maxlist), nfound

* internal parameter declarations
	INTEGER	maxlen
	PARAMETER (maxlen = 50)

* internal variable declarations:
	LOGICAL NC_GET_ATTRIB, found_one, no_match_needed
	INTEGER	ivar, dset, status, varid, attid, attlen, attoutflag,
     .		vax_code, STR_CASE_BLIND_COMPARE
	REAL	attvals(maxlen)
	CHARACTER retstring*(maxlen)

* initialize
	no_match_needed = attstring .EQ. unspecified_name4
	nfound = 0

* loop through the file variables
	DO ivar = 1, maxvars
	   dset = ds_var_setnum(ivar)
	   IF ( dset .EQ. set_not_open ) CYCLE

	   CALL CD_GET_VAR_ID (dset, ds_var_code(ivar), varid, status)

           found_one = NC_GET_ATTRIB ( dset, varid, patnam_layerz,
     .                               .FALSE., ds_var_code(ivar), maxlen,
     .                               attlen, attoutflag, retstring,
     .                               attvals )
* ... attrib name matches.
*     if necessary now also check if the contents match
           IF (found_one) THEN
	      found_one = no_match_needed
	      IF (.NOT.no_match_needed) THEN
	         vax_code = STR_CASE_BLIND_COMPARE(attstring,retstring)
	         found_one = vax_code .EQ. vms_str_success
	      ENDIF
	      IF (found_one) THEN
	         nfound = nfound + 1
	         id_list  (nfound) = varid
	         dset_list(nfound) = dset
	         IF (nfound .EQ. maxlist) RETURN  ! hacky but good enuf
	      ENDIF
	   ENDIF
	ENDDO

	RETURN
	END

