Russ schrieb: > I know that python packages are available for representing physical > units, but I am getting frustrated trying to find them and determine > which is the best. > > Rather than just using conventional dimensionless numbers with implicit > units, I would like to have a way to explicitly represent the units. If > incompatible units are added or subtracted, I would like to have an > error detected. Auto-conversions (e.g., from feet to miles) to enforce > consistency before adding or subtracting are not necessary. I would > even like to be able to multiply units. For example, I would like to > have meters returned when I multiply meters/second by seconds. > > Where can I find a good package that does this? Thanks. >
Look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/unum/ Enjoy Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
