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G. Angle Conversion
Tho PC· 1500
performs
conversions of angles
fr
om
D
MS
{Degr
ee
. Mi
nu
tes. S
eco
nds) to DEG
(Decimal Degree) form. When
convert
ing Decimal
Deci
rees
to
the Degree. Minutes. Seconds
equivale
nt.
the ans\ver
is
cornpri
sed
of
an
integer port
ion
rep
rese
nting degrees. and a fractional
po
rtion of
..
....
hich the 1st and 2nd
deci1nal
digi(S represent t
he
mi
nu
tes, and t
he
3rd and
4th
decirnal di
gits
the
seconds
. The 5th through end decimal digits are
dec
imal degrees. To convert
an
angle given in degree, minutes, seconds i
nto
de-
cimal degree for
m,
it mu
st
be en tered
in
integer.
deci
rn
al order.
Exa
mple
1: Conve
rt
16.1932 Decimal Degrees i
nto
OMS
form:
OMS 16. 1932 I E
HT
t RJ
1
6.
1 1
3552
Ex
amp
le
2:
Convert
32
.2513 OMS
into
Decimal Degr
ee
form:
DEG
32.2513 l••TFAI
H. Miscellaneous Functions
ABS
The
ABS
func
ti
on
de
riv
es
the absolute
va
l
ue
of
a numeri
ca
l value
or
va
riable.
Example
1:
ABS (25 -
861
@ii
•
H)
Normally. 25 -
86
= - 6
1.
The
ABS f
un
ction
takes the actual difference
of
th
e numbers
to
get 61.
INT
The
IN
T functi01) roun
ds
a
nu
me
ri
c;
va
lue
to
the largest integer
not
larger than t
he
nu
rneric
va
lue itse
lf.
Example 1:
(25/ 3)
+]
!
EH
TEAI
I
NT
(251
3)
+ 7 (<
•ff•
(
Example
2:
(31.62 + 21.18) l<
•TE
• I
I
NT
!3
1.62 +
21
.18)
[E'!!!fil
15.
3333J333
]
~
52.
-8]
__
_
--
52
1
I
I_
In Exarnple
2,
the
an
si.•...-c
r
is
not rounded
up
from
52.8
to
53
because
that
.....
ould make the
ans
•:
1er
lar
ge
r thao
th
e original
va
l
ue
.
NOTE·: Don't fo rget the
order
of
eval
uat
i
on
. Parentheses should
be
used
if
you
wish t
he
IN
T of
the
re
su
ltant expression.
For
exam
ple,
let us alter t
he
pr
ev
i
ous
exar
nplc
, leaving
off
all
parentheses:
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