The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Conversion
DSLIP: adphp
description: convert between various units of measurement
userid: ELOHMROW (Bradley Andersen)
chapterid: 23 (Miscellaneous_Modules)
communities:
https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies/pull/356
similar:
Convert::Temperature
rationale:
I wrote a conversions goodie (zero-click answer) for duckduckgo
(DDG). After struggling to find existing Perl modules to #include, I
came up with a neat way to convert between any two units. I want to
re-factor my DDG code for use on CPAN.
Right now, my code can do conversions for these types: mass,
length, time, pressure, energy, power, angles, force, and
temperature. It is trivial (requires adding an array) to add new
unit types. In fact, today I plan to add support for digital storage
(bits, bytes, etc.) and cooking (cups, tsp, etc.)
As for the one module I found, Convert::Temperature - it relies on
a large set of pre-defined functions to convert between various
temperatures. My method is simpler, requiring simply converting to a
base unit, then converting from that base unit to any other unit via
a lookup.
I'll try to get this uploaded by EOD tomorrow.
enteredby: ELOHMROW (Bradley Andersen)
enteredon: Tue Mar 18 11:35:05 2014 UTC
The resulting entry would be:
Conversion adphp convert between various units of measurement ELOHMROW
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