LOGICAL FUNCTION UA_EGRP  ( field, lenf )
C************************************************************************
C* UA_EGRP								*
C*									*
C* This function determines whether a field (i.e. group) that was	*
C* obtained as output from subroutine UA_GFLD is of a suitable length	*
C* for decoding.							*
C*									*
C* UA_EGRP  ( FIELD, LENF )						*
C*									*
C* Input parameters:							*
C*	FIELD		CHAR*		Field				*
C*	LENF		INTEGER		Length of FIELD			*
C*									*
C**									*
C* Log:									*
C* J. Ator/NCEP		03/96						*
C* J. Ator/NCEP		10/96	ERRGRP -> UA_EGRP			*
C* J. Ator/NCEP		12/97	New interface format, style changes	*
C* J. Ator/NCEP		10/99	Clean up function declarations		*
C************************************************************************
	INCLUDE		'GEMPRM.PRM'
	INCLUDE		'uacmn.cmn'
C*
	CHARACTER*(*)	field
C------------------------------------------------------------------------
	IF  ( ( lenf .lt. MNGDEC ) .or. ( lenf .gt. MXGDEC ) )  THEN
	    UA_EGRP = .true.
	    logmsg = 'group '  //  field (1:lenf)  // ' was skipped'
	    CALL DC_WLOG  ( 2, 'UA', 2, logmsg, ierwlg )
	    CALL UA_RDCS  ( 115, ierrdc )
	ELSE
	    UA_EGRP = .false.
	END IF
C*
	RETURN
	END