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quanta.canonical - Function

	Package	general
	Module	quanta
	Tool	quanta

get canonical value of quantity

Synopsis
canonical(v)

Arguments

v	in	value to convert
		Allowed:	quantity or string
		Default:	'1'

Returns
quantity

Description
canonical (with alias canon) gets the canonical value of a quantity

Example

- dq.canonical('1Jy')			# canonical value of a string
[value=1e-26, unit=kg.s-2] 
- dq.canon(dq.quantity('1Jy'))		# canonical value of a unit
[value=1e-26, unit=kg.s-2]