SUBROUTINE PCHMC(N,X,F,D,INCFD,SKIP,ISMON,IERR)
C***BEGIN PROLOGUE  PCHMC
C***DATE WRITTEN   820518   (YYMMDD)
C***REVISION DATE  870707   (YYMMDD)
C***CATEGORY NO.  E1B
C***KEYWORDS  LIBRARY=SLATEC(PCHIP),
C             TYPE=SINGLE PRECISION(PCHMC-S DPCHMC-D),
C             CUBIC HERMITE INTERPOLATION,MONOTONE INTERPOLATION,
C             PIECEWISE CUBIC INTERPOLATION
C***AUTHOR  FRITSCH, F. N., (LLNL)
C             MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS DIVISION
C             LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
C             P.O. BOX 808  (L-316)
C             LIVERMORE, CA  94550
C             FTS 532-4275, (415) 422-4275
C***PURPOSE  Check a cubic Hermite function for monotonicity.
C***DESCRIPTION
C
C          PCHMC:  Piecewise Cubic Hermite Monotonicity Checker.
C
C     Checks the cubic Hermite function defined by  N, X, F, D  for
C     monotonicity.
C
C     To provide compatibility with PCHIM and PCHIC, includes an
C     increment between successive values of the F- and D-arrays.
C
C ----------------------------------------------------------------------
C
C  Calling sequence:
C
C        PARAMETER  (INCFD = ...)
C        INTEGER  N, ISMON(N), IERR
C        REAL  X(N), F(INCFD,N), D(INCFD,N)
C        LOGICAL  SKIP
C
C        CALL  PCHMC (N, X, F, D, INCFD, SKIP, ISMON, IERR)
C
C   Parameters:
C
C     N -- (input) number of data points.  (Error return if N.LT.2 .)
C
C     X -- (input) real array of independent variable values.  The
C           elements of X must be strictly increasing:
C                X(I-1) .LT. X(I),  I = 2(1)N.
C           (Error return if not.)
C
C     F -- (input) real array of function values.  F(1+(I-1)*INCFD) is
C           the value corresponding to X(I).
C
C     D -- (input) real array of derivative values.  D(1+(I-1)*INCFD) is
C           the value corresponding to X(I).
C
C     INCFD -- (input) increment between successive values in F and D.
C           (Error return if  INCFD.LT.1 .)
C
C     SKIP -- (input/output) logical variable which should be set to
C           .TRUE. if the user wishes to skip checks for validity of
C           preceding parameters, or to .FALSE. otherwise.
C           This will save time in case these checks have already
C           been performed.
C           SKIP will be set to .TRUE. on normal return.
C
C     ISMON -- (output) integer array indicating on which intervals the
C           PCH function defined by  N, X, F, D  is monotonic.
C           For data interval [X(I),X(I+1)],
C             ISMON(I) = -1  if function is strictly decreasing;
C             ISMON(I) =  0  if function is constant;
C             ISMON(I) =  1  if function is strictly increasing;
C             ISMON(I) =  2  if function is non-monotonic;
C             ISMON(I) =  3  if unable to determine.  (This means that
C                            the D-values are near the boundary of the
C                            monotonicity region.  A small increase pro-
C                            duces non-monotonicity; decrease, strict
C                            monotonicity.)
C           The above applies to I=1(1)N-1.  ISMON(N) indicates whether
C              the entire function is monotonic on [X(1),X(N)].
C
C     IERR -- (output) error flag.
C           Normal return:
C              IERR = 0  (no errors).
C           "Recoverable" errors:
C              IERR = -1  if N.LT.2 .
C              IERR = -2  if INCFD.LT.1 .
C              IERR = -3  if the X-array is not strictly increasing.
C          (The ISMON-array has not been changed in any of these cases.)
C               NOTE:  The above errors are checked in the order listed,
C                   and following arguments have **NOT** been validated.
C
C***REFERENCES  F.N.FRITSCH AND R.E.CARLSON, 'MONOTONE PIECEWISE CUBIC
C                 INTERPOLATION,' SIAM J.NUMER.ANAL. 17, 2 (APRIL 1980),
C                 238-246.
C***ROUTINES CALLED  CHFMC,XERROR
C***END PROLOGUE  PCHMC