Description: Unable to find Calc equivalent of: "Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications custom function Converting Decimal Degrees to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds", and its converse. Re-opened request from many years ago! This function is increasingly used in GPS map references, navigation, and astronomy. I currently use an old scientific calculator to do the conversions in both directions, then type the data into Calc. I am considering changing to Excel to automate this process, saving time. Please add this function to Calc, or if already present please update Help. Steps to Reproduce: 1.N/A 2. 3. Actual Results: N/A Expected Results: N/A Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Requested: Compatibility with current Excel for converting Decimal Degrees to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, and vice versa. Nothing relevant found in LibreOffice Help.
(In reply to G Whittaker from comment #0) > "Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications custom function Converting > Decimal Degrees to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds", and its converse. Could you please mention what that function name is in VBA, and where its documentation is? Otherwise, you may use all spreadsheet functions in Basic, using respective interface [1]. That includes RADIANS [2] and its converse DEGREES [3]. [1] https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/sbasic/shared/calc_functions.html?&DbPAR=BASIC [2] https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060106.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3144702 [3] https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060106.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3145314
(In reply to G Whittaker from comment #0) > to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds Ah - of course RADIANS/DEGREES is not about Minutes/Seconds. But curiously, since degree/minute/second uses sexagesimal system, you may create a simple *custom* function (obviously, the "VBA custom function" you refer to is, as its description in comment 0 implies, *custom* - i.e., created by someone in some spreadsheet - it's not an Excel feature?).
Just a guess: is that https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/convert-degrees-minutes-seconds-angles that you meant, which lists two functions that "Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only"? Have you tries to use them as is - Convert_Degree just work (even though it has a useless "With Application" and "End With" lines, that are not used, but still don't prevent it from working). Convert_Decimal from there exposes a bug which I just filed - and only needs to add Trim() around everything inside CDbl calls to work correctly.
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #3) > Just a guess: is that > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/convert-degrees- > minutes-seconds-angles that you meant, which lists two functions that > "Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only"? > > Have you tries to use them as is - Convert_Degree just work (even though it > has a useless "With Application" and "End With" lines, that are not used, > but still don't prevent it from working). Convert_Decimal from there exposes > a bug which I just filed - and only needs to add Trim() around everything > inside CDbl calls to work correctly. G Whittaker: Any comment on this?
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