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;
; @file_comments
; gives the name of a month
;
; @categories calendar, string
;
; @param month {in}{required} 
; the month number (from 1 to 12). Can be scalar or array
;
; @keyword _EXTRA
; used to pass your keywords to other procedures, for example
; keyword FORMAT of string function (see example bellow) 
;
; @returns
; the month names, a string with the same number of elements than month.
;
; @examples
; IDL> name=monthname(2)
;
; @history Sebastien Masson (smasson\@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
;                      1 October 2001
;
; @version $Id$
;
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FUNCTION monthname, month, _EXTRA = ex
;
  compile_opt idl2, strictarrsubs
;
   return, string(format='(C(CMoA0))',31*(month-1), _EXTRA = ex)
end