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Unit Conversion Tools

Discussions center on software tools like GNU Units for handling unit conversions, complex units such as acceleration and temperature, and support for units in programming languages and libraries.

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wwwtyro • Feb 6, 2014 • View on HN

Interesting. What about more complex units, e.g. acceleration - m/s^2?

sekh60 • Sep 13, 2022 • View on HN

Is there anything "units" can't convert?

jchw • Jun 17, 2022 • View on HN

GNU units may be of interest here.

progman32 • Jul 31, 2022 • View on HN

Consider using the "units" program. It's excellent and can handle almost any conversion and unit-full math expression.

carabiner • May 6, 2023 • View on HN

The wonders of unit conversions.

jwilk • Jun 11, 2022 • View on HN

Do you mean 'units'? https://www.gnu.org/software/units/

hitmyapi • Nov 1, 2021 • View on HN

Thank you, happy it worked for you :) yup that's a great call, adding support for different units is in the works!

makeworld • Nov 3, 2023 • View on HN

How does this compare to GNU units?

Khelavaster • Dec 28, 2023 • View on HN

units of measure would really really help..

amai • Mar 21, 2022 • View on HN

Is there a programming language that supports units (and calculation with units) out of the box?