def getDegFromDMS(self, dmsstr):
"""Get the degrees from a DD:MM:SS.ss format string"""
dmsstr = "%sd%sm%ss"%tuple(dmsstr.split(":"))
dms = positions.parsehmsdms(dmsstr)[0][0]
if dmsstr.startswith("-"):
# check if negative - positions module doesn't take into account
dms = -1 * dms
return dms
def getDegFromHMS(self, hmsstr):
"""Get the degrees from a HH:MM:SS.ss format string"""
hmsstr = "%sh%sm%ss"%tuple(hmsstr.split(":"))
hms = positions.parsehmsdms(hmsstr)[0][0]
if hmsstr.startswith("-"):
# check if negative - positions module doesn't take into account
hms = -1 * hms
return hms