DmsToDeg

The DmsToDeg function converts an angle string containing degrees, minutes, and seconds to a decimal number of degrees.

nDegrees = DmsToDeg( sDms )

sDms is a string containing Degrees, minutes, and seconds (e.g., "-25:39:50.4").

nDegrees is the returned value in decimal degrees (e.g., -25.664).

This function converts a string to a decimal number of Degrees. To do the reverse conversion, use DegToDms.