AIPS HELP file for DECIMAL in 31DEC24

As of Wed May 8 15:34:46 2024

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DECIMAL
Type:   Adverb  (logical,  > 0  =>  true)
Use:    Tells a task or procedure that a parameter is in decimal form
Null value:  false (<= 0).
Verbs:
  CODECIMAL....Convert between decimal and sexagesimal coordinate
               values.  DECIMAL controls the direction of the
               conversion.
Task:
  STARS........Generates an ST extension file with "star" positions
               for plotting in later tasks.  DECIMAL > 0 => right
               ascensions and declinations are in decimal degrees
               rather than sexagesimal in the input text file.

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