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quanta.formxxx - Function

1.5.1 Format a quantity using given format, allowed are hms, dms, deg, rad, +deg.


Description

form.xxx (xxx can be lat, long, len, vel, freq, dtime, unit) will format the input into a string using the global format information set by setformat().

Arguments

Inputs

v

value to be converted

allowed:

any

Default:

variant

format

xxx can be hms, dms, deg, rad or +deg

allowed:

string

Default:

dms

prec

digits in fractional part of output string for dms,hms

allowed:

int

Default:

2

Returns
string

Example

 
 
"""  
#  
print "\t----\t formxxx Ex 1 \t----"  
#qa.setformat(’freq’,’cm’)  
#T  
#qa.formxxx(’freq’,qa.quantity(’5GHz’))  
#form_xxx NOT IMPLEMENTED YET!  
#5.99584916 cm  
print "Last example, exiting! ..."  
exit()  
#  
"""  
 

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