Angle Conversion; M Iscellaneous Functions - Sharp PC-1500 Instruction Manual

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G. Angle Conversion
Tho PC· 1500 performs conversions of angles from DMS {Degree. Minutes . Seconds) t o DEG
(Decimal Degree) fo rm . When converting Deci mal Decirees to the Degree. Minutes. Seconds
equivalent. the an s\ver is cornprised of an integer portion representing degrees. and a fractional
portio n of .. . ... hich the 1st and 2nd
deci1nal digi(S represent
the m inutes, and t he 3rd and 4th
decirnal d igits the seconds. The 5th through end decimal d igits are decimal degrees. To convert
an angle given in degree, m inutes, seconds into de-cimal degree form, it
must be
en tered in integer.
decirnal order.
Example 1: Convert 16. 1932 Decimal Degrees into OMS form:
OMS 16. 1932 I
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1 6. 1 1 3552
Example 2: Convert 32.2513 OMS into Decimal Degree fo rm:
DEG 32.2513
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H. Miscellaneous Functions
ABS
The ABS function derives th e absolute value of a nume rical value or variable.
Example 1:
ABS (25 - 861
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Normally. 25 - 86
=
- 61. The ABS function takes the actual d ifference of the numbers
to get 61.
INT
The IN T functi01) rounds a numeric; value to the largest integer not larger than the nurneric
value itself.
Example 1:
(25/ 3)
+] ! EHTEAI
INT (25 13)
+
7
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Example 2:
(31.62 + 2 1.18) l<•TE• I
INT !31.62
+ 21
.18)
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1 5. 3333J333 ]
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52.
- 8 ]
_ __ -- 52 1
I
I _
In Exarnple 2, the ansi.•...-cr is not rounded up from 52.8 to 53 because that ..... ould make the
ans•:1er larger thao the original value .
NOTE·: Don' t fo rget th e order of evaluation. Parentheses should be used if you wish the INT o f
the resu ltant expression. For example, let us alter the previous exarnplc , leaving off all
parentheses:
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