function nint, x, LONG = long             ;Nearest Integer Function
;+
; NAME:
;	NINT
; PURPOSE:
;	Nearest integer function.
; EXPLANATION:   
;	NINT() is similar to the intrinsic ROUND function, with the following
;	two differences:
;	(1) if no absolute value exceeds 32767, then the array is returned as
;		as a type INTEGER instead of LONG
;	(2) NINT will work on strings, e.g. print,nint(['3.4','-0.9']) will
;		give [3,-1], whereas ROUND() gives an error message
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;	result = nint( x, [ /LONG] )
;
; INPUT:
;	X - An IDL variable, scalar or vector, usually floating or double
;		Unless the LONG keyword is set, X must be between -32767.5 and 
;		32767.5 to avoid integer overflow
;
; OUTPUT
;	RESULT - Nearest integer to X
;
; OPTIONAL KEYWORD INPUT:
;	LONG - If this keyword is set and non-zero, then the result of NINT
;		is of type LONG.   Otherwise, the result is of type LONG if
;		any absolute values exceed 32767, and type INTEGER if all
;		all absolute values are less than 32767.
; EXAMPLE:
;	If X = [-0.9,-0.1,0.1,0.9] then NINT(X) = [-1,0,0,1]
;
; PROCEDURE CALL:
;	None:
; REVISION HISTORY:
;	Written W. Landsman        January 1989
;	Added LONG keyword         November 1991
;	Use ROUND if since V3.1.0  June 1993
;	Always start with ROUND function    April 1995
;	Return LONG values, if some input value exceed 32767
;		and accept string values   February 1998 
;       Use size(/TNAME) instead of DATATYPE()      October 2001
;-
 xmax = max(x,min=xmin)
 xmax = abs(xmax) > abs(xmin)
 if (xmax gt 32767) or keyword_set(long) then begin
    if size(x,/TNAME) eq 'STRING' then b = round(float(x)) else b = round(x)
 end else begin
    if size(x,/TNAME) eq 'STRING' then b = fix(round(float(x))) else	$
	    b = fix(round(x))
 endelse

  return, b 
  end