On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:27 AM Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I guess you could call the associative law of multiplication "dumb >> > > luck", but most mathematicians will consider that hate speech. >> > >> > My apologies for not understanding your example. The counter >> > example I had in my head, and should have written down, >> > was something like: >> > >> > 15mpg * 7l == how many miles? >> > > Using pint: > > In [76]: U = pint.UnitRegistry() > > In [77]: (15 * U.miles / U.gallons * 7 * U.liter).to('miles') > Out[77]: 27.7380654976056 <Unit('mile')> > > A bit verbose, perhaps, but to me clear, and the operator precedence rules > seem to "just work". > > And it you want it a tad less verbose, you can give some of those units > names: > > In [78]: mpg = U.miles / U.gallons > In [79]: l = U.liter > > In [80]: (15 * mpg * 7 * l).to('miles') > Out[80]: 27.7380654976056 <Unit('mile')> > > My question for the folks that want units built in to Python is "what's so > hard about that? > > Ricky wrote: > > "Python is so painful to use for units I've actually avoided it," > > Really? have you tried pint? or anything else? what is so painful about > this? > > -CHB > > -- > Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) > I will try to finish my email about this I started writing a week ago! --- Ricky. "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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