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      SUBROUTINE slDAFN (STRING, IPTR, A, J)

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  Sexagesimal character string to angle (double precision)

  Given:
     STRING  c*(*)   string containing deg, arcmin, arcsec fields
     IPTR      i     pointer to start of decode (1st = 1)

  Returned:
     IPTR      i     advanced past the decoded angle
     A         d     angle in radians
     J         i     status:  0 = OK
                             +1 = default, A unchanged
                             -1 = bad degrees      )
                             -2 = bad arcminutes   )  (note 3)
                             -3 = bad arcseconds   )

  Example:

    argument    before                           after

    STRING      '-57 17 44.806  12 34 56.7'      unchanged
    IPTR        1                                16 (points to 12...)
    A           ?                                -1.00000D0
    J           ?                                0

    A further call to slDAFN, without adjustment of IPTR, will
    decode the second angle, 12deg 34min 56.7sec.

  Notes:

     1)  The first three "fields" in STRING are degrees, arcminutes,
         arcseconds, separated by spaces or commas.  The degrees field
         may be signed, but not the others.  The decoding is carried
         out by the DFLTIN routine and is free-format.

     2)  Successive fields may be absent, defaulting to zero.  For
         zero status, the only combinations allowed are degrees alone,
         degrees and arcminutes, and all three fields present.  If all
         three fields are omitted, a status of +1 is returned and A is
         unchanged.  In all other cases A is changed.

     3)  Range checking:

           The degrees field is not range checked.  However, it is
           expected to be integral unless the other two fields are absent.

           The arcminutes field is expected to be 0-59, and integral if
           the arcseconds field is present.  If the arcseconds field
           is absent, the arcminutes is expected to be 0-59.9999...

           The arcseconds field is expected to be 0-59.9999...

     4)  Decoding continues even when a check has failed.  Under these
         circumstances the field takes the supplied value, defaulting
         to zero, and the result A is computed and returned.

     5)  Further fields after the three expected ones are not treated
         as an error.  The pointer IPTR is left in the correct state
         for further decoding with the present routine or with DFLTIN
         etc. See the example, above.

     6)  If STRING contains hours, minutes, seconds instead of degrees
         etc, or if the required units are turns (or days) instead of
         radians, the result A should be multiplied as follows:

           for        to obtain    multiply
           STRING     A in         A by

           d ' "      radians      1       =  1D0
           d ' "      turns        1/2pi   =  0.1591549430918953358D0
           h m s      radians      15      =  15D0
           h m s      days         15/2pi  =  2.3873241463784300365D0

  Called:  slDFLI

  P.T.Wallace   Starlink   1 August 1996

  Copyright (C) 1996 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.

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