[QGIS-ZA-user] SOLVED: Re: Field calculator issue - QGIS version,3.10.1-A Coruña on Win10 via OSGEO4W64

[Zoltan Szecsei]

Hi Neil,
Nope - an integer should be able to be cast as 'double'

Thanks for the interest, though.
Regards,
Zoltan

On 2020/05/08 17:37, Neil Falconer via qgis-za-user wrote:
> Hi Zoltan, Seems crazy but could it possibly be because the 17 is an 
> integer...if it was 17.0 it would be recognised as a Double? Regards Neil
>
> On Fri, 8 May 2020, 16:04 Zoltan Szecsei via qgis-za-user, 
> <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hiya,
>     Blooming decimal point/comma issue :-(
>
>     Thanks anyway,
>     Zoltan
>
>     On 2020/05/08 16:26, Zoltan Szecsei via qgis-za-user wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>     Can anyone shed light on why I get: Eval Error: Cannot convert
>>     '[LonM]' to double
>>     from this expression:
>>
>>         if( "LonD"  IS 'Longitude' , 0.0,  "LonD" + ( "LonM"  / 60.0 ))
>>
>>     I've pulled a CSV file into 'Layer' and failed to generate Point
>>     using Toolbox->Geometry by Expression, so I am now trying to
>>     create decimal Deg columns (virtual).
>>     The first few lines in the CSV are:
>>
>>         Num,LonD,LonM,LonS,DirE,LatD,LatM,LatS,DirN
>>         A1,Longitude,Latitude,,,,
>>         1,17,25.00,0.0,E,23,7.53,0.0,N
>>         2,17,25.10,0.0,E,23,7.52,0.0,N
>>
>>     Thanks and regards,
>>     Zoltan
>>
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Geograph (Pty) Ltd.
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P.O. Box 7, Muizenberg 7950, South Africa.

Mobile: +27-83-6004028  (Best option: WhatsApp)
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