1.5.1.0 quanta.convert

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quanta.convert - Function

1.5.1 convert a quantity to another unit

Description

convert converts a quantity to another unit. If no output unit given, conversion is to canonical units

Arguments


Inputs
v	quantity to convert
	allowed:	variant
	Default:
outunit	unit to convert to
	allowed:	variant
	Default:

Returns
record

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t convert Ex 1 \t----"
tu = qa.quantity(’5Mm/s’) # specify a quantity
print tu
#{’value’: 5.0, ’unit’: ’Mm/s’}
print qa.convert(tu, ’pc/a’) # convert it to parsec per year
#{’value’: 0.0051135608266237404, ’unit’: ’pc/a’}
print qa.convert(tu) # convert to canonical units
#{’value’: 5000000.0, ’unit’: ’m.s-1’}
#
"""

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