1.5.1.0 quanta.define

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quanta.define - Function

1.5.1 define a new unit name

Description

define defines the name and value of a user defined unit

Arguments


Inputs
name	name of unit to define
	allowed:	string
	Default:
v	quantity value of new unit
	allowed:	variant
	Default:	1

Returns
bool

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t define Ex 1 \t----"
print qa.define(’JY’,’1Jy’) # your misspelling
#True
print qa.define(’VLAunit’, ’0.898 JY’) # a special unit using it
#True
print qa.quantity(’5 VLAunit’) # check its use
#{’value’: 5.0, ’unit’: ’VLAunit’}
print qa.convert(’5 VLAunit’,’Jy’)
#{’value’: 4.4900000000000002, ’unit’: ’Jy’}
#
"""

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