SLA_CR2AF - Radians to Deg,Arcmin,Arcsec   

ACTION:

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

CALL:

CALL sla_CR2AF (NDP, ANGLE, SIGN, IDMSF)

GIVEN:

NDP number of decimal places of arcseconds

ANGLE R angle in radians

RETURNED:

SIGN `+' or `-'

IDMSF I(4) degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds, fraction

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 REAL floating-point numbers on the target machine, and the risk of overflowing IDMSF(4). For example, on a VAX computer, for ANGLE up to $2\pi$, the available floating-point precision corresponds roughly to NDP=3. This is well below the ultimate limit of NDP=9 set by the capacity of the 32-bit integer IHMSF(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.