function value = r8_ei ( x )

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%
%% R8_EI evaluates the exponential integral Ei for an R8 argument.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    28 September 2011
%
%  Author:
%
%    Original FORTRAN77 version by Wayne Fullerton.
%    MATLAB version by John Burkardt.
%
%  Reference:
%
%    Wayne Fullerton,
%    Portable Special Function Routines,
%    in Portability of Numerical Software,
%    edited by Wayne Cowell,
%    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 57,
%    Springer 1977,
%    ISBN: 978-3-540-08446-4,
%    LC: QA297.W65.
%
%  Parameters:
%
%    Input, real X, the argument.
%
%    Output, real VALUE, the exponential integral Ei
%    evaluated at X.
%
  value = - r8_e1 ( - x );

  return
end