JS-quantities

JS-quantities is a nearly functional javascript port of Kevin Olbrich's library Ruby Units (http://ruby-units.rubyforge.org/ruby-units). As described by its author, the library aims to simplify the handling of units for scientific calculations involving quantities.

Usage examples

Creation

qty = new Qty("1m");
qty = new Qty('m'); // => 1 meter

qty = new Qty('1 N*m');
qty = new Qty('1 N m'); // * is optional

qty = new Qty("1 m/s");

qty = new Qty("1 m^2/s^2");
qty = new Qty("1 m^2 s^-2"); // negative powers
qty = new Qty("1 m2 s-2"); // ^ is optional

qty = new Qty("1 m^2 kg^2 J^2/s^2 A");

qty = new Qty('1.5'); // unitless quantity

qty = new Qty("1 attoparsec/microfortnight");

Quantity compatibility, kind and various queries

qty1.isCompatible(qty2); // => true or false

qty.kind(); // => "length", "area", etc...

qty.isUnitless(); // => true or false
qty.isBase(); // => true if quantity is represented with base units

Conversion

qty.toBase(); // converts to SI units (10 cm => 0.1 m) (new instance)

qty.toFloat(): // returns scalar of unitless quantity (otherwise throws error)

qty.to("m"); // converts quantity to meter if compatible or throws an error (new instance)
qty1.to(qty2); // converts quantity to same unit of qty2 if compatible or throws an error (new instance)

Comparison

qty1.eq(qty2); // => true if both quantities are equal (1m == 100cm => true)
qty1.same(qty2); // => true if both quantities are same (1m == 100cm => false)
qty1.lt(qty2); // => true if qty1 is stricty less than qty2
qty1.lte(qty2); // => true if qty1 is less than or equal to qty2
qty1.gt(qty2); // => true if qty1 is stricty greater than qty2
qty1.gte(qty2); // => true if qty1 is greater than or equal to qty2

qty1.compareTo(qty2); // => -1 if qty1 < qty2, 0 if qty1 == qty2; 1 if qty1 > qty2

Operators

• add(other): Add. other can be string or quantity. other should be unit compatible.
• sub(other): Substract. other can be string or quantity. other should be unit compatible.
• mul(other): Multiply. other can be string, number or quantity.
• div(other): Divide. other can be string, number or quantity.

Rounding

Qty#toPrec(precision) with precision as string or quantity standing for the minimum significative quantity. Returns a new quantity.

var qty = new Qty('5.17 ft');
qty.toPrec('ft'); // => 5 ft
qty.toPrec('0.5 ft'); // => 5 ft
qty.toPrec('0.1 ft'); // => 5.2 ft
qty.toPrec('0.05 ft'); // => 5.15 ft
qty.toPrec('0.01 ft'); // => 5.17 ft
qty.toPrec('0.00001 ft'); // => 5.17 ft
qty.toPrec('2 ft'); // => 6 ft

var qty = new Qty('6.3782 m');
qty.toPrec('dm'); // => 6.4 m
qty.toPrec('cm'); // => 6.38 m
qty.toPrec('mm'); // => 6.378 m
qty.toPrec('5 cm'); // => 6.4 m
qty.toPrec('10 m'); // => 10 m

Text output

// if target_units string passed, the unit will first be converted to target_units before output.
// Output can be rounded to max_decimals when explicit target_units are specified.
qty.toString();
qty.toString(target_units);
qty.toString(max_decimals);
qty.toString(target_units, max_decimals);
qty.units(); // returns the unit parts of the quantity without the scalar
qty.toString(quantity); // Helper using toPrec to round to nearest significative quantity

Tests

Tests are implemented with jspec (http://visionmedia.github.com/jspec/). Just open spec/dom.html to execute them.

Contribute

This project is missing some features of its parent project and is not completely bug free so fork it if you wish to bring your contribution.