quanta.convert - Function

convert a quantity to another unit

Synopsis
convert(v, out)

Arguments

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

Returns
quantity

Description
convert converts a quantity to another unit. If no output unit given, conversion is to canonical units

Example

- tu := dq.quantity('5Mm/s')		# specify a quantity
- tu
[value=5, unit=Mm/s] 
- dq.convert(tu, 'pc/a')		# convert it to parsec per year
[value=0.00511356, unit=pc/a] 
- dq.convert(tu)			# convert to canonical units
[value=5e+06, unit=m.s-1]

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	Package	general
	Module	quanta
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