SUBROUTINE DPCHFD (N, X, F, D, INCFD, SKIP, NE, XE, FE, DE, IERR)
C  Programming notes:
C
C     1. To produce a single precision version, simply:
C        a. Change DPCHFD to PCHFD, and DCHFDV to CHFDV, wherever they
C           occur,
C        b. Change the double precision declaration to real,
C
C     2. Most of the coding between the call to DCHFDV and the end of
C        the IR-loop could be eliminated if it were permissible to
C        assume that XE is ordered relative to X.
C
C     3. DCHFDV does not assume that X1 is less than X2.  thus, it would
C        be possible to write a version of DPCHFD that assumes a strict-
C        ly decreasing X-array by simply running the IR-loop backwards
C        (and reversing the order of appropriate tests).
C
C     4. The present code has a minor bug, which I have decided is not
C        worth the effort that would be required to fix it.
C        If XE contains points in [X(N-1),X(N)], followed by points .LT.
C        X(N-1), followed by points .GT.X(N), the extrapolation points
C        will be counted (at least) twice in the total returned in IERR.
C
C  DECLARE ARGUMENTS.
C
      INTEGER  N, INCFD, NE, IERR
      DOUBLE PRECISION  X(*), F(INCFD,*), D(INCFD,*), XE(*), FE(*),
     * DE(*)
      LOGICAL  SKIP
C
C  DECLARE LOCAL VARIABLES.
C
      INTEGER  I, IERC, IR, J, JFIRST, NEXT(2), NJ
C
C  VALIDITY-CHECK ARGUMENTS.
C
C***FIRST EXECUTABLE STATEMENT  DPCHFD
      IF (SKIP)  GO TO 5
C
      IF ( N.LT.2 )  GO TO 5001
      IF ( INCFD.LT.1 )  GO TO 5002
      DO 1  I = 2, N
         IF ( X(I).LE.X(I-1) )  GO TO 5003
    1 CONTINUE
C
C  FUNCTION DEFINITION IS OK, GO ON.
C
    5 CONTINUE
      IF ( NE.LT.1 )  GO TO 5004
      IERR = 0
      SKIP = .TRUE.
C
C  LOOP OVER INTERVALS.        (   INTERVAL INDEX IS  IL = IR-1  . )
C                              ( INTERVAL IS X(IL).LE.X.LT.X(IR) . )
      JFIRST = 1
      IR = 2
   10 CONTINUE
C
C     SKIP OUT OF LOOP IF HAVE PROCESSED ALL EVALUATION POINTS.
C
         IF (JFIRST .GT. NE)  GO TO 5000
C
C     LOCATE ALL POINTS IN INTERVAL.
C
         DO 20  J = JFIRST, NE
            IF (XE(J) .GE. X(IR))  GO TO 30
   20    CONTINUE
         J = NE + 1
         GO TO 40
C
C     HAVE LOCATED FIRST POINT BEYOND INTERVAL.
C
   30    CONTINUE
         IF (IR .EQ. N)  J = NE + 1
C
   40    CONTINUE
         NJ = J - JFIRST
C
C     SKIP EVALUATION IF NO POINTS IN INTERVAL.
C
         IF (NJ .EQ. 0)  GO TO 50
C
C     EVALUATE CUBIC AT XE(I),  I = JFIRST (1) J-1 .
C
C       ----------------------------------------------------------------
        CALL DCHFDV (X(IR-1),X(IR), F(1,IR-1),F(1,IR), D(1,IR-1),D(1,IR)
     *              ,NJ, XE(JFIRST), FE(JFIRST), DE(JFIRST), NEXT, IERC)
C       ----------------------------------------------------------------
         IF (IERC .LT. 0)  GO TO 5005
C
         IF (NEXT(2) .EQ. 0)  GO TO 42
C        IF (NEXT(2) .GT. 0)  THEN
C           IN THE CURRENT SET OF XE-POINTS, THERE ARE NEXT(2) TO THE
C           RIGHT OF X(IR).
C
            IF (IR .LT. N)  GO TO 41
C           IF (IR .EQ. N)  THEN
C              THESE ARE ACTUALLY EXTRAPOLATION POINTS.
               IERR = IERR + NEXT(2)
               GO TO 42
   41       CONTINUE
C           ELSE
C              WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN HERE.
               GO TO 5005
C           ENDIF
C        ENDIF
   42    CONTINUE
C
         IF (NEXT(1) .EQ. 0)  GO TO 49
C        IF (NEXT(1) .GT. 0)  THEN
C           IN THE CURRENT SET OF XE-POINTS, THERE ARE NEXT(1) TO THE
C           LEFT OF X(IR-1).
C
            IF (IR .GT. 2)  GO TO 43
C           IF (IR .EQ. 2)  THEN
C              THESE ARE ACTUALLY EXTRAPOLATION POINTS.
               IERR = IERR + NEXT(1)
               GO TO 49
   43       CONTINUE
C           ELSE
C              XE IS NOT ORDERED RELATIVE TO X, SO MUST ADJUST
C              EVALUATION INTERVAL.
C
C              FIRST, LOCATE FIRST POINT TO LEFT OF X(IR-1).
               DO 44  I = JFIRST, J-1
                  IF (XE(I) .LT. X(IR-1))  GO TO 45
   44          CONTINUE
C              NOTE-- CANNOT DROP THROUGH HERE UNLESS THERE IS AN ERROR
C                     IN DCHFDV.
               GO TO 5005
C
   45          CONTINUE
C              RESET J.  (THIS WILL BE THE NEW JFIRST.)
               J = I
C
C              NOW FIND OUT HOW FAR TO BACK UP IN THE X-ARRAY.
               DO 46  I = 1, IR-1
                  IF (XE(J) .LT. X(I)) GO TO 47
   46          CONTINUE
C              NB-- CAN NEVER DROP THROUGH HERE, SINCE XE(J).LT.X(IR-1).
C
   47          CONTINUE
C              AT THIS POINT, EITHER  XE(J) .LT. X(1)
C                 OR      X(I-1) .LE. XE(J) .LT. X(I) .
C              RESET IR, RECOGNIZING THAT IT WILL BE INCREMENTED BEFORE
C              CYCLING.
               IR = MAX(1, I-1)
C           ENDIF
C        ENDIF
   49    CONTINUE
C
         JFIRST = J
C
C     END OF IR-LOOP.
C
   50 CONTINUE
      IR = IR + 1
      IF (IR .LE. N)  GO TO 10
C
C  NORMAL RETURN.
C
 5000 CONTINUE
      RETURN
C
C  ERROR RETURNS.
C
 5001 CONTINUE
C     N.LT.2 RETURN.
      IERR = -1
      CALL XERMSG ('SLATEC', 'DPCHFD',
     +   'NUMBER OF DATA POINTS LESS THAN TWO', IERR, 1)
      RETURN
C
 5002 CONTINUE
C     INCFD.LT.1 RETURN.
      IERR = -2
      CALL XERMSG ('SLATEC', 'DPCHFD', 'INCREMENT LESS THAN ONE', IERR,
     +   1)
      RETURN
C
 5003 CONTINUE
C     X-ARRAY NOT STRICTLY INCREASING.
      IERR = -3
      CALL XERMSG ('SLATEC', 'DPCHFD',
     +   'X-ARRAY NOT STRICTLY INCREASING', IERR, 1)
      RETURN
C
 5004 CONTINUE
C     NE.LT.1 RETURN.
      IERR = -4
      CALL XERMSG ('SLATEC', 'DPCHFD',
     +   'NUMBER OF EVALUATION POINTS LESS THAN ONE', IERR, 1)
      RETURN
C
 5005 CONTINUE
C     ERROR RETURN FROM DCHFDV.
C   *** THIS CASE SHOULD NEVER OCCUR ***
      IERR = -5
      CALL XERMSG ('SLATEC', 'DPCHFD',
     +   'ERROR RETURN FROM DCHFDV -- FATAL', IERR, 2)
      RETURN
C------------- LAST LINE OF DPCHFD FOLLOWS -----------------------------
      END