SLA_DR2AF

Radians to Deg,Min,Sec,Frac

ACTION:

Convert an angle in radians to degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds, fraction (double precision).

CALL:

CALL sla_DR2AF (NDP, ANGLE, SIGN, IDMSF)

GIVEN:

RETURNED:

NOTES:

(1)

NDP less than zero is interpreted as zero.

(2)

The largest useful value for NDP is determined by the size of ANGLE, the format of DOUBLE PRECISION floating-point numbers on the target machine, and the risk of overflowing IDMSF(4). On some architectures, for ANGLE up to 2pi, the available floating-point precision corresponds roughly to NDP=12. However, the practical limit is NDP=9, set by the capacity of a typical 32-bit IDMSF(4).

(3)

The absolute value of ANGLE may exceed $2\pi$. In cases where it does not, it is up to the caller to test for and handle the case where ANGLE is very nearly $2\pi$ and rounds up to $360^{\circ }$, by testing for IDMSF(1)=360 and setting IDMSF(1-4) to zero.