'Examples of using units
2.3 m + 55 cm
Ans = 2.85 m
3 m/s + 18 km/h
Ans = 8 m/s
2.5 m * 3 m
Ans = 7.5 m²
' Calculate the distance that you can travel in
' 15 minutes when you have a speed of 120 km/h
speed = 120 km/h;
time = 15 minutes;
distance = speed * time
distance = 30 km
' Calculate the speed that an object has after
' 5 seconds when you let it fall.
' Note: you can insert a square character (²) by
' pressing Ctrl+2, and a (³) by pressing Ctrl+3
g = 9.81 m/s²;
t = 5 s;
speed = g*t
speed = 49.05 m/s
' Calculate the force acting on a mass
mass = 3.5 kg;
F = mass * g
F = 34.335 N
' Get the answer in a specific unit
Convert(15 inch, m)
Ans = 0.381 m
Convert(inch, cm)
Ans = 2.54 cm
Convert(8 m/s, km/h)
Ans = 28.8 km/h
' Calculate the volume of a cube
w = 3.25 m;
d = 4.10 m;
h = 2.20 m;
volume = w * d * h
volume = 29.315 m³
' Overwriting units
' It can easily happen that you overwrite a unit by defining
' a variable or function.
m = 4.6
m = 4.6
' In the following expression m is not recognized as unit meter
' because it is overwritten by the variable m.
3 m + 5.2 m
Error: Unit m is overwritten by an user defined variable
' Angles
Sin(45 º) ^ 2
Ans = 0.5
Convert(90 º, Rad)
Ans = 1.570796327 Rad
' Temperatures
Convert(34.5 ºC, ºF)
Ans = 94.1 ºF
' Forces
4 N + 5 kg*m/s²
Ans = 27
' Pressure
5 N/m² + 1.5 Pa + 0.001 Bar
Ans = 1.737294896
' Electricity
' Be aware of the precedence of implicit multiplication with units
' The following expression does not give what you probably intended:
3.2 V / 5 A
Ans = 0.64 W
' Therefore use parentheses:
(3.2 V) / (5 A)
Ans = 0.64 Ohm
(220 V) * (0.18 A)
Ans = 39.6 W