To briefly explain what I am doing: I am taking lat and longatude values EG 34 54.5N , 139 24.5E These values are required to be stored as integers (allows for searching coords etc) I apply a calculation to them to make them integers, they end up as either positive integers (Lat East ot Long north values) or negative integers (Lat West or Long South values)

(LAT) 34 54.5N gets stored as 20945
(LONG)139 24.5E gets stored as 83645

When I display the numbers I reverse the calculation using two functions:

function latToString(intValue)
   dim nORs
   nORs = "N"
   if int(intValue) < 0 then
      nORs = "S"
      latToString = abs(latToString)
   end if
   latToString = fix(intValue / 600) & "&nbsp;" & ((intValue mod 600) / 10) & nORs
end function

function longToString(intValue)
   dim eORw
   eORw = "E"
   if int(intValue) < 0 then
      eORw = "W"
      longToString = abs(longToString)
   end if
   longToString = fix(intValue / 600) & "&nbsp;" & ((intValue mod 600) / 10) & eORw
end function

When I pass 20945 into the latToString function it returns the value it should: 34 54.5N

When I pass 83645 into the longToString function it returns the figures it should however they are negative numbers: -139 -24.5W

From what I can see I am using the abs function correctly, can anybody spot what I am doing wrong?

TYIA

Wind is your friend
Matt

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Matt

You don't indicate whether this is VBScript or ASP code so this is only a guess. But the first thing that occurs to me is that this reminds me of an old overflow error.

If this is not VBScript, I'd suggest that the problem may be associated with a failure to identify the type of the function arguments/result used. if it is VBScript, you may want to verify the upper end of possible values.

look again Mat, you're using the input 'intValue' in your calculation so you're not actually using the result of the Abs function.

rgds
Phil

Ahhh so I am, cheers pgtips. I left this the other day and hadnt been back to it. All good now - thanking you

Wind is your friend
Matt