HAPARSE

Name

haparse

Purpose

Convert Hour Angle (HA) string to radians.

Description

Calling Sequence

ha=haparse(str)

Inputs

str - String (or array) to parse as an hour angle

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

DEGREES - Flag, if set, indicates the decimal value is in degrees.
The default is radians.

Outputs

return value is scalar or vector value of HA in radians
Note - W,w,+ prefixes are all west hour angles (positive)
E,e,- prefixes are all east hour angles (negative)

Keyword Output Parameters

ERROR - Flag (scalar or vector), set if an error was seen.

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

2002/03/14, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
2009/04/26, MWB, converted to use new CVTSIXTY routine