Pro sxaddpar, Header, Name, Value, Comment, Location, before=before, $
                 savecomment = savecom, after=after , format=format, pdu = pdu

 if N_params() LT 3 then begin             ;Need at least 3 parameters
      print,'Syntax - Sxaddpar, Header, Name,  Value, [Comment, Postion'
      print,'                      BEFORE = ,AFTER = , FORMAT =, /SAVECOMMENT]'
      return
 endif

; Define a blank line and the END line

 ENDLINE = 'END' +string(replicate(32b,77))     ;END line
 BLANK = string(replicate(32b,80))             ;BLANK line
;
;  If Location parameter not defined, set it equal to 'END     '
;
 if ( N_params() GT 4 ) then loc = strupcase(location) else $
 if keyword_set( BEFORE) then loc = strupcase(before) else $
 if keyword_set( AFTER)  then loc = strupcase(after) else $
 if keyword_set( PDU) then loc = 'BEGIN EX' else $
                             loc = 'END'

 while strlen(loc) lt 8 do loc = loc + ' '

 if N_params() lt 4 then comment = ''      ;Is comment field specified?

 n = N_elements(header)                  ;# of lines in FITS header
 if (n EQ 0) then begin                  ;header defined?
          header=strarr(10)              ;no, make it.
          header[0]=ENDLINE
          n=10
 endif else begin
          s = size(header)               ;check for string type
              if (s[0] ne 1) or (s[2] ne 7) then $
                  message,'FITS Header (first parameter) must be a string array'
 endelse

;  Make sure Name is 8 characters long

        nn = string(replicate(32b,8))   ;8 char name
        strput,nn,strupcase(name) ;insert name

;  Extract first 8 characters of each line of header, and locate END line

 keywrd = strmid(header,0,8)                 ;Header keywords
 iend = where(keywrd eq 'END     ',nfound)
;
;  If no END, then add it.  Either put it after the last non-null string, or
;  append it to the end.
;
        if nfound EQ 0 then begin
                ii = where(strtrim(header) ne '',nfound)
                ii = max(ii) + 1
                if ii eq n_elements(header) then begin
                        header = [header,endline]
                        n = n+1
                endif else header[ii] = endline
                keywrd = strmid(header,0,8)
                iend = where(keywrd eq 'END     ',nfound)
        endif
;
        iend = iend[0] > 0                      ;make scalar

;  History, comment and "blank" records are treated differently from the
;  others.  They are simply added to the header array whether there are any
;  already there or not.

 if (nn EQ 'HISTORY ') or (nn EQ 'COMMENT ') or $
    (nn EQ '        ')  then begin             ;add history record?
;
;  If the header array needs to grow, then expand it in increments of 5 lines.
;

     if iend GE (n-1) then begin
                 header = [header,replicate(blank,5)] ;yes, add 5.
                 n = N_elements(header)
      endif

; Format the record

      newline = blank
      strput,newline,nn+string(value),0

;
;  If a history record, then append to the record just before the end.
;
      if nn EQ 'HISTORY ' then begin
             header[iend] = newline             ;add history rec.
             header[iend+1] = endline
;
;  The comment record is placed immediately after the last previous comment
;  record, or immediately before the first history record, unless overridden by
;  either the BEFORE or AFTER keywords.
;
      endif else if nn EQ 'COMMENT ' then begin
            if loc EQ 'END     ' then loc = 'COMMENT '
            iloc = where(keywrd EQ loc, nloc)
            if nloc EQ 0 then iloc = where(keywrd EQ 'HISTORY ', nloc)
            if nloc gt 0 then begin
               i = iloc[nloc-1]
               if keyword_set(after) or (loc EQ 'COMMENT ') then i = i+1 < iend
               if i gt 0 then header=[header[0:i-1],newline,header[i:n-1]] $
                        else header=[newline,header[0:n-1]]
            endif else begin
                header[iend] = newline
                header[iend+1] = endline
            endelse

;
;  The "blank" record is placed immediately after the last previous "blank"
;  record, or immediately before the first comment or history record, unless
;  overridden by either the BEFORE or AFTER keywords.
;
          ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
            if loc EQ 'END     ' then loc = '       '
            iloc = where(keywrd[0:iend] EQ loc, nloc)
            if nloc gt 0 then begin
               i = iloc[0]
               if keyword_set(after) and loc ne 'HISTORY ' then i = i+1 < iend
               if i gt 0 then header=[header[0:i-1],newline,header[i:n-1]] $
                        else header=[newline,header[0:n-1]]
            endif else begin
                iloc = where(keywrd EQ 'COMMENT ', nloc)
                if nloc Eq 0 then iloc = where(keywrd EQ 'HISTORY ', nloc)
                if nloc GT 0 then begin
                   i = iloc[0]
                   if i gt 0 then header=[header[0:i-1],newline,header[i:n-1]] $
                        else header=[newline,header[0:n-1]]
                endif else begin
                  header[iend] = newline
                  header[iend+1] = endline
            endelse
            endelse
           endelse
            RETURN
 endif

; Find location to insert keyword.   Save the existing comment if user did
; not supply a new one.   Comment starts after column 32 for numeric data,
; after the slash (but at least after column 20) for string data.

 ncomment = comment
 ipos  = where(keywrd eq nn,nfound)
 if nfound gt 0 then begin
         i = ipos[nfound-1]
         if comment eq '' or keyword_set(savecom) then begin  ;save comment?
         if strmid(header[i],10,1) NE "'" then $
                 ncomment=strmid(header[i],32,48) else begin
                 slash = strpos(header[i],'/', 20)
                 if slash NE -1 then $
                        ncomment =  strmid(header[i], slash+1, 80) else $
                        ncomment = string(replicate(32B,80))
                endelse
        endif
         goto, REPLACE
 endif

 if loc ne '' then begin
          iloc =  where(keywrd eq loc,nloc)
          if nloc gt 0 then begin
             i = iloc[0]
             if keyword_set(after) and loc ne 'HISTORY ' then i = i+1 < iend
             if i gt 0 then header=[header[0:i-1],blank,header[i:n-1]] $
                        else header=[blank,header[0:n-1]]
             goto, REPLACE
          endif
 endif

; At this point keyword and location parameters were not found, so a new
; line is added at the end of the FITS header

        if iend lt (n-1) then begin     ;Not found, add more?
                header[iend+1] = ENDLINE        ;no, already long enough.
                i = iend                ;position to add.
           endif else begin             ;must lengthen.
                header = [header,replicate(blank,5)] ;add an element on the end
                header[n]=ENDLINE               ;save "END"
                i =n-1                  ;add to end
        end

; Now put value into keyword at line i

REPLACE:
        h=blank                 ;80 blanks
        strput,h,nn+'= '        ;insert name and =.
        apost = "'"             ;quote a quote
        type = size(value)      ;get type of value parameter
        if type[0] ne 0 then $
                message,'Keyword Value (third parameter) must be scalar'

        case type[1] of         ;which type?

7:      begin
          upval = strupcase(value)      ;force upper case.
          if (upval eq 'T') or (upval eq 'F') then begin
                strput,h,upval,29  ;insert logical value.
            end else begin              ;other string?
                if strlen(value) gt 18 then begin       ;long string
                    strput, h, apost + strmid(value,0,68) + apost + $
                        ' /' + ncomment,10
                    header[i] = h
                    return
                endif
                strput, h, apost + value,10       ;insert string val
                strput, h, apost, 11 + (strlen(value)>8)   ;pad string vals
          endelse                                          ;to at least 8 chars
          endcase

5:      BEGIN
        IF (N_ELEMENTS(format) EQ 1) THEN $             ; use format keyword
            v = string(value, FORMAT='('+strupcase(format)+')') $
        ELSE v = STRING(value, FORMAT='(G19.12)')
        s = strlen(v)                                   ; right justify
        strput, h, v, (30-s)>10
        END

 else:  begin
        if (N_elements(format) eq 1) then $            ;use format keyword
            v = string(value, FORMAT='('+strupcase(format)+')' ) else $
            v = strtrim(strupcase(value),2)
                                      ;convert to string, default format
        s = strlen(v)                 ;right justify
        strput,h,v,(30-s)>10          ;insert
        end
 endcase

 strput,h,' /',30       ;add ' /'
 strput, h, ncomment, 32 ;add comment
 header[i] = h          ;save line

 return
 end