Mapping Toolbox

str2angle

Convert formatted dms angle strings to numbers

Syntax

angles = str2angle(strings) converts the formatted degrees-minutes-seconds strings to numeric angles in units of degrees. Examples of recognized formats are 123°30'00"S, 123-30-00S, 123d30m00sS, and 1233000S. The seconds field can contain a fractional component in all but the last form. Strings can be a character matrix or a cell array vector of strings.

Example

• strs = {'23°30''00"N', '23-30-00S', '123d30m00sE', '1233000W'}
  
  strs = 
  
      '23°30'00"N'    '23-30-00S'    '123d30m00sE'    '1233000W'
  
  str2angle(strs)
  
  ans =
  
           23.5
          -23.5
          123.5
         -123.5
  
  strs = strvcat(strs{:})
  
  strs =
  
  23°30'00"N 
  23-30-00S  
  123d30m00sE
  1233000W   
  
  str2angle(strs)
  
  ans =
  
           23.5
          -23.5
          123.5
         -123.5
  

See Also

angl2str

Angle conversion to a string

stem3m

surfacem