mUnits {BIOdry}

Metric system

Description

This function control metric units.

Usage

mUnits(x, from = "mm", to = "mm")

Arguments

x

numeric vector.

from

character. Initial metric unit.

to

character. Final metric unit.

Details

Characters in from and to arguments have the form 'p_', where 'p' is the metric prefix and '_' is a base unit. Sixteen metric prefixes are supported: atto 'a', femto 'f', pico 'p', nano 'n', micro 'mm', mili 'm', centi 'c', deci 'd', deca 'da', hecto 'h', kilo 'k', mega 'M', giga 'G', tera 'T', peta 'P', and exa 'E'.

Value

numeric vector.

Author(s)

Wilson Lara <[e-mail]>, Felipe Bravo <[e-mail]>

Examples

## Simulation of TRW data
set.seed(1)
w <- abs(rnorm(12,1,1))
trw <- ts(w,start = 1970)
## transforming metric units of trw vector from milimeters to meters
sr <- mUnits(trw, from = 'mm', to = 'm')
attributes(sr)