RE: Anyone using the Units package extensively?
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- Subject: [mg45650] RE: [mg45616] Anyone using the Units package extensively?
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:58:19 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
William, There is a package by Ted Ersek on MathSource that I believe allows you to embed units in symbols... http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/4283/ I also have an ExtendUnits package and ReducedUnits package at my web site below that has many nice features. But it is more oriented toward introducing units at the end of a calculation. I think it is often more convenient to work with pure symbolic equation, without any explicit units. Then define data statements such as data = {v0 -> 3.5 Meter/Second, x0 -> 5.2 Meter} then after you finish any symbolic calculations, substitute the data with the values and units. In other words, units should go with the values and not with the symbols. But various people have there own preferences so take your choice. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ From: William McHargue [mailto:A at B.C] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Hello, I've been using Mathematica for engineering analysis and have come to carry units throughout my calculations. Does anyone else do this and would you like to exchange tips/tricks? Regards, -- Bill McHargue William at McHargue.Org