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--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "gregmraymond" <gregmraymond@...> wrote:
>
> It's probably simple, but I can't seem to find any answers on this... 
> I'm a surveyor, and I've Made programs to do all the things I want 
the 
> 50 to do, replacing my 42s completely. The one thing I can't figure 
out 
> how to do is take ->   98 45 23   <- and make it  show on the 
stack    
>                   ->   98*45'23"  <- This being 98 degrees, 45 
minuits, 
> 23 seconds. Please help! on the 42s it was a kind of 'Inverted T', 
> turned 90 degrees to the left, it is alpha alpha button if I remember 
> right, like   ->   T " '  " " whatever... anything will help. thanks
>
You can enter this as 98.4523 then change it to decimal degrees using 
HMS(right arrow), and do your calculation. (right arrow)HMS will change 
any decimal degrees answer back to degress, minutes seconds.