SUBROUTINE CHERK (UPLO, TRANS, N, K, ALPHA, A, LDA, BETA, C, LDC)
C     .. Scalar Arguments ..
      CHARACTER*1        UPLO, TRANS
      INTEGER            N, K, LDA, LDC
      REAL               ALPHA, BETA
C     .. Array Arguments ..
      COMPLEX            A( LDA, * ), C( LDC, * )
C     .. External Functions ..
      LOGICAL            LSAME
      EXTERNAL           LSAME
C     .. External Subroutines ..
      EXTERNAL           XERBLA
C     .. Intrinsic Functions ..
      INTRINSIC          CMPLX, CONJG, MAX, REAL
C     .. Local Scalars ..
      LOGICAL            UPPER
      INTEGER            I, INFO, J, L, NROWA
      REAL               RTEMP
      COMPLEX            TEMP
C     .. Parameters ..
      REAL               ONE ,         ZERO
      PARAMETER        ( ONE = 1.0E+0, ZERO = 0.0E+0 )
C***FIRST EXECUTABLE STATEMENT  CHERK
C
C     Test the input parameters.
C
      IF( LSAME( TRANS, 'N' ) )THEN
         NROWA = N
      ELSE
         NROWA = K
      END IF
      UPPER = LSAME( UPLO, 'U' )
C
      INFO = 0
      IF(      ( .NOT.UPPER               ).AND.
     $         ( .NOT.LSAME( UPLO , 'L' ) )      )THEN
         INFO = 1
      ELSE IF( ( .NOT.LSAME( TRANS, 'N' ) ).AND.
     $         ( .NOT.LSAME( TRANS, 'C' ) )      )THEN
         INFO = 2
      ELSE IF( N  .LT.0               )THEN
         INFO = 3
      ELSE IF( K  .LT.0               )THEN
         INFO = 4
      ELSE IF( LDA.LT.MAX( 1, NROWA ) )THEN
         INFO = 7
      ELSE IF( LDC.LT.MAX( 1, N     ) )THEN
         INFO = 10
      END IF
      IF( INFO.NE.0 )THEN
         CALL XERBLA( 'CHERK ', INFO )
         RETURN
      END IF
C
C     Quick return if possible.
C
      IF( ( N.EQ.0 ).OR.
     $    ( ( ( ALPHA.EQ.ZERO ).OR.( K.EQ.0 ) ).AND.( BETA.EQ.ONE ) ) )
     $   RETURN
C
C     And when  alpha.eq.zero.
C
      IF( ALPHA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
         IF( UPPER )THEN
            IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
               DO 20, J = 1, N
                  DO 10, I = 1, J
                     C( I, J ) = ZERO
   10             CONTINUE
   20          CONTINUE
            ELSE
               DO 40, J = 1, N
                  DO 30, I = 1, J - 1
                     C( I, J ) = BETA*C( I, J )
   30             CONTINUE
                  C( J, J ) = BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
   40          CONTINUE
            END IF
         ELSE
            IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
               DO 60, J = 1, N
                  DO 50, I = J, N
                     C( I, J ) = ZERO
   50             CONTINUE
   60          CONTINUE
            ELSE
               DO 80, J = 1, N
                  C( J, J ) = BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
                  DO 70, I = J + 1, N
                     C( I, J ) = BETA*C( I, J )
   70             CONTINUE
   80          CONTINUE
            END IF
         END IF
         RETURN
      END IF
C
C     Start the operations.
C
      IF( LSAME( TRANS, 'N' ) )THEN
C
C        Form  C := alpha*A*conjg( A' ) + beta*C.
C
         IF( UPPER )THEN
            DO 130, J = 1, N
               IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                  DO 90, I = 1, J
                     C( I, J ) = ZERO
   90             CONTINUE
               ELSE IF( BETA.NE.ONE )THEN
                  DO 100, I = 1, J - 1
                     C( I, J ) = BETA*C( I, J )
  100             CONTINUE
                  C( J, J ) = BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
               END IF
               DO 120, L = 1, K
                  IF( A( J, L ).NE.CMPLX( ZERO ) )THEN
                     TEMP = ALPHA*CONJG( A( J, L ) )
                     DO 110, I = 1, J - 1
                        C( I, J ) = C( I, J ) + TEMP*A( I, L )
  110                CONTINUE
                     C( J, J ) = REAL( C( J, J )      ) +
     $                           REAL( TEMP*A( I, L ) )
                  END IF
  120          CONTINUE
  130       CONTINUE
         ELSE
            DO 180, J = 1, N
               IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                  DO 140, I = J, N
                     C( I, J ) = ZERO
  140             CONTINUE
               ELSE IF( BETA.NE.ONE )THEN
                  C( J, J ) = BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
                  DO 150, I = J + 1, N
                     C( I, J ) = BETA*C( I, J )
  150             CONTINUE
               END IF
               DO 170, L = 1, K
                  IF( A( J, L ).NE.CMPLX( ZERO ) )THEN
                     TEMP      = ALPHA*CONJG( A( J, L ) )
                     C( J, J ) = REAL( C( J, J )      )   +
     $                           REAL( TEMP*A( J, L ) )
                     DO 160, I = J + 1, N
                        C( I, J ) = C( I, J ) + TEMP*A( I, L )
  160                CONTINUE
                  END IF
  170          CONTINUE
  180       CONTINUE
         END IF
      ELSE
C
C        Form  C := alpha*conjg( A' )*A + beta*C.
C
         IF( UPPER )THEN
            DO 220, J = 1, N
               DO 200, I = 1, J - 1
                  TEMP = ZERO
                  DO 190, L = 1, K
                     TEMP = TEMP + CONJG( A( L, I ) )*A( L, J )
  190             CONTINUE
                  IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                     C( I, J ) = ALPHA*TEMP
                  ELSE
                     C( I, J ) = ALPHA*TEMP + BETA*C( I, J )
                  END IF
  200          CONTINUE
               RTEMP = ZERO
               DO 210, L = 1, K
                  RTEMP = RTEMP + CONJG( A( L, J ) )*A( L, J )
  210          CONTINUE
               IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                  C( J, J ) = ALPHA*RTEMP
               ELSE
                  C( J, J ) = ALPHA*RTEMP + BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
               END IF
  220       CONTINUE
         ELSE
            DO 260, J = 1, N
               RTEMP = ZERO
               DO 230, L = 1, K
                  RTEMP = RTEMP + CONJG( A( L, J ) )*A( L, J )
  230          CONTINUE
               IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                  C( J, J ) = ALPHA*RTEMP
               ELSE
                  C( J, J ) = ALPHA*RTEMP + BETA*REAL( C( J, J ) )
               END IF
               DO 250, I = J + 1, N
                  TEMP = ZERO
                  DO 240, L = 1, K
                     TEMP = TEMP + CONJG( A( L, I ) )*A( L, J )
  240             CONTINUE
                  IF( BETA.EQ.ZERO )THEN
                     C( I, J ) = ALPHA*TEMP
                  ELSE
                     C( I, J ) = ALPHA*TEMP + BETA*C( I, J )
                  END IF
  250          CONTINUE
  260       CONTINUE
         END IF
      END IF
C
      RETURN
C
C     End of CHERK .
C
      END