sixty: Convert a decimal number to sexigesimal

In astrolibR: Astronomy Users Library

Description

Convert a decimal number to sexigesimal

Usage

 sixty(scalar, trailsign = F)

Arguments

scalar	decimal quantity, scalar
trailsign	if =TRUE, then the function returns a negative sign to the first element, even if it is zero. If = FALSE, then the function returns a negative sign in the first nonzero element. (default = FALSE)

Details

Reverse of the function ten.

Value

result

real vector of three elements, sexigesimal equivalent of input decimal quantity

Author(s)

Written by R. S. Hill, STX, 1987

R adaptation by Arnab Chakraborty June 2013

Examples

sixty(136.127)
sixty(-0.345)  #  returns (0.0,-20.0,42.0)
sixty(-0.345, trailsign=TRUE)  #  returns (-0.0,20.0,42.0)

Example output

[1] 136.0   7.0  37.2
[1]   0 -20  42
[1]  0 20 42

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