measurement

A sweet Ruby measurement & converstion Library.

by Daniel Morrison, Collective Idea

Introduction

Measurement is a library I wrote ages ago, in large part to play with metaprogramming.

But its cool. All of the measurements and conversions are in yaml files, stored in lib/measurements. This lets me have fun with SI prefixes and such. Ideally these files would be a separate project, to be used by other languages, but that’s for another day.

What can it do?

Conversions.

<pre> > include Measurement::Length > Inch.new(12).to_centimeters => #<Measurement::Length::Centimeter:0x173c2b4 @units=30.48> </pre>

<pre> > include Measurement::Volume > Milliliter.new(100).to_teaspoons => #<Measurement::Volume::Teaspoon:0x1720e88 @units=45.0> </pre>

Check the yaml files to see what’s available, but note that SI prefixes (mega-, kilo-, yotta-, etc.) are applied magically, as are base2 prefixes for data.

What’s next?

Dunno, have ideas? Send me a message via github. I’m reviving the project after over a year, so its time to have some fun.

Some of my plans:

• More units (please add!)
• uh, tests.
• Namespaced units (Volume::Beer::Barrel vs. Volume::Oil::Barrel)
• Allow parents to be SI-derived (you can base a new unit on Meter, but not Kilometer)