quanta - Tool

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1.5.1 quanta - Tool

quanta tool handles units and quantities
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Synopsis

Methods

convertfreq	convert a frequency quantity to another unit
convertdop	convert a doppler velocity quantity to another unit
quantity	make a quantity from a string or from a numeric value and a unit string
getvalue	get the internal value of a quantity
getunit	get the internal unit of a quantity
canonical	get canonical value of quantity
canon	get canonical value of quantity
convert	convert a quantity to another unit
define	define a new unit name
map	list known unit names and constants
maprec	create record containing list of known unit names and constants
fits	define some FITS units
angle	show an angle as a formatted string
time	show a time (or date) as a formatted string
add	add quantities
sub	subtract quantities
mul	multiply quantities
div	divides quantities
neg	negate quantities
norm	normalise angle

le	compare quantities
lt	compare quantities
eq	compare quantities
ne	compare quantities
gt	compare quantities
ge	compare quantities
sin	sine of quantity
cos	cosine of quantity
tan	tangent of quantity
asin	arcsine of quantity
acos	arccosine of quantity
atan	arctangent of quantity
atan2	arctangent of two quantity
abs	absolute value of quantity
ceil	ceil value of quantity
floor	floor value of quantity
log	logarithm of quantity
log10	logarithm of quantity
exp	exponential of quantity
sqrt	square root of quantity

compare	compare dimensionality of units
check	check for proper unit string
checkfreq	check for proper frequency unit
pow	raise quantity to power
constants	get a constant
isangle	check if valid angle or time quantity
totime	convert an angle (or a time) to a time
toangle	convert a time (or an angle) to an angle
splitdate	split a date/time into a record
tos	convert quantity to string
type	type of tool
done	Free resources used by tool. Current implementation ignores input parameter, does nothing and returns true
unit	quantity from value v and unit string
isquantity	Check if quantity
setformat	set format for output of numbers. (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET!)
getformat	get current output format (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET!)
formxxx	Format a quantity using given format, allowed are hms, dms, deg, rad, +deg.

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