Unit conversion {ctmm} | R Documentation |
Convert dimensionful quantities to and from SI units
Description
This function takes a number in some specified units and converts that number to SI units,
or from SI units to the specified units.
Internally, all ctmm
objects are specified in SI units, and so this is a utility function to facilitate working with ctmm
objects.
Usage
x %#% y
Arguments
x |
A numeric quantity specified in |
y |
A unit character label for the quantity |
Details
If x
is a number and y
is a character unit label, then x
is converted from units y
to SI units. If x
is a character unit label and y
is a number, then y
is converted from SI units to units x
.
The default non-SI units include the mean solar 'day'
, mean synodic 'month'
and mean tropical 'year'
. These defaults can be changed to conventional calendar units via options(time.units='calendar')
.
Value
Returns a numeric in SI units or units specified by character label x
.
Author(s)
C. H. Fleming.
See Also
Examples
# one yard -> meters
1 %#% "yard"
# one meter -> yards
"yard" %#% 1
# 1 month -> days
"day" %#% 1 %#% "month"
# 6 miles per hour -> meters per second
"hour" %#% 6 %#% "mile"
# the same conversion in one step
6 %#% "mph"