mathjs/examples/units.js
Sebastien Piquemal 1c85b5f7ed fixed examples
2013-08-14 15:54:24 +04:00

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// units
// load math.js
var math = require('../index');
/**
* Helper function to output a value in the console. Value will be formatted.
* @param {*} value
*/
function print (value) {
console.log(math.format(value));
}
// units can be created by providing a value and plain unit, or by providing
// a string with a valued unit.
console.log('create units');
var a = math.unit(55, 'cm');
var b = math.unit('0.1m');
print(a); // 550 mm
print(b); // 100 mm
console.log();
// units can be added, subtracted, and multiplied or divided by numbers
console.log('perform operations');
print(math.add(a, b)); // 0.65 m
print(math.multiply(b, 2)); // 200 mm
console.log();
// units can be converted to a specific type, or to a number
console.log('convert to another type or to a number');
print(b.in('cm')); // 10 cm Alternatively: math.in(b, 'cm')
print(b.in('inch')); // 3.937 inch
print(b.toNumber('cm')); // 10
console.log();
// the expression parser supports units too
console.log('parse expressions');
print(math.eval('2 inch in cm')); // 5.08 cm
print(math.eval('cos(45 deg)')); // 0.7071067811865476
console.log();