      SUBROUTINE SLARFG( N, ALPHA, X, INCX, TAU )
*
*  -- LAPACK auxiliary routine (version 3.0) --
*     Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. of California Berkeley, NAG Ltd.,
*     Courant Institute, Argonne National Lab, and Rice University
*     September 30, 1994
*
*     .. Scalar Arguments ..
      INTEGER            INCX, N
      REAL               ALPHA, TAU
*     ..
*     .. Array Arguments ..
      REAL               X( * )
*     ..
*
*  Purpose
*  =======
*
*  SLARFG generates a real elementary reflector H of order n, such
*  that
*
*        H * ( alpha ) = ( beta ),   H' * H = I.
*            (   x   )   (   0  )
*
*  where alpha and beta are scalars, and x is an (n-1)-element real
*  vector. H is represented in the form
*
*        H = I - tau * ( 1 ) * ( 1 v' ) ,
*                      ( v )
*
*  where tau is a real scalar and v is a real (n-1)-element
*  vector.
*
*  If the elements of x are all zero, then tau = 0 and H is taken to be
*  the unit matrix.
*
*  Otherwise  1 <= tau <= 2.
*
*  Arguments
*  =========
*
*  N       (input) INTEGER
*          The order of the elementary reflector.
*
*  ALPHA   (input/output) REAL
*          On entry, the value alpha.
*          On exit, it is overwritten with the value beta.
*
*  X       (input/output) REAL array, dimension
*                         (1+(N-2)*abs(INCX))
*          On entry, the vector x.
*          On exit, it is overwritten with the vector v.
*
*  INCX    (input) INTEGER
*          The increment between elements of X. INCX > 0.
*
*  TAU     (output) REAL
*          The value tau.
*
*  =====================================================================
*
*     .. Parameters ..
      REAL               ONE, ZERO
      PARAMETER          ( ONE = 1.0E+0, ZERO = 0.0E+0 )
*     ..
*     .. Local Scalars ..
      INTEGER            J, KNT
      REAL               BETA, RSAFMN, SAFMIN, XNORM
*     ..
*     .. External Functions ..
      REAL               SLAMCH, SLAPY2, SNRM2
      EXTERNAL           SLAMCH, SLAPY2, SNRM2
*     ..
*     .. Intrinsic Functions ..
      INTRINSIC          ABS, SIGN
*     ..
*     .. External Subroutines ..
      EXTERNAL           SSCAL
*     ..
*     .. Executable Statements ..
*
      IF( N.LE.1 ) THEN
         TAU = ZERO
         RETURN
      END IF
*
      XNORM = SNRM2( N-1, X, INCX )
*
      IF( XNORM.EQ.ZERO ) THEN
*
*        H  =  I
*
         TAU = ZERO
      ELSE
*
*        general case
*
         BETA = -SIGN( SLAPY2( ALPHA, XNORM ), ALPHA )
         SAFMIN = SLAMCH( 'S' ) / SLAMCH( 'E' )
         IF( ABS( BETA ).LT.SAFMIN ) THEN
*
*           XNORM, BETA may be inaccurate; scale X and recompute them
*
            RSAFMN = ONE / SAFMIN
            KNT = 0
   10       CONTINUE
            KNT = KNT + 1
            CALL SSCAL( N-1, RSAFMN, X, INCX )
            BETA = BETA*RSAFMN
            ALPHA = ALPHA*RSAFMN
            IF( ABS( BETA ).LT.SAFMIN )
     $         GO TO 10
*
*           New BETA is at most 1, at least SAFMIN
*
            XNORM = SNRM2( N-1, X, INCX )
            BETA = -SIGN( SLAPY2( ALPHA, XNORM ), ALPHA )
            TAU = ( BETA-ALPHA ) / BETA
            CALL SSCAL( N-1, ONE / ( ALPHA-BETA ), X, INCX )
*
*           If ALPHA is subnormal, it may lose relative accuracy
*
            ALPHA = BETA
            DO 20 J = 1, KNT
               ALPHA = ALPHA*SAFMIN
   20       CONTINUE
         ELSE
            TAU = ( BETA-ALPHA ) / BETA
            CALL SSCAL( N-1, ONE / ( ALPHA-BETA ), X, INCX )
            ALPHA = BETA
         END IF
      END IF
*
      RETURN
*
*     End of SLARFG
*
      END
