C LENCHA    SOURCE    CHAT      05/01/13    01:15:16     5004           
      SUBROUTINE LENCHA(NOM,L)
      IMPLICIT INTEGER(I-N)
      IMPLICIT REAL*8 (A-H,O-Z)
      CHARACTER*(*) NOM

      L1=LEN(NOM)

      L=L1
      DO 1 I=L1,1,-1
      IF(NOM(I:I).EQ.' ')THEN
      L=L-1
      ELSE
      GO TO 2
      ENDIF
 1    CONTINUE
      L=0
 2    CONTINUE
      RETURN
      END