README.md

quick-unit-converters

Quick unit conversion utilities for matlab

Description

This repository contains several utilities for flexible unit conversion in matlab.

The current functions are:

• cvlength - Length unit conversions (mm, in, m, etc.)
• cvangle - Angle unit conversions (rad, deg, arcseconds, etc.)
• cvdigital - Digital storage unit conversions (bytes, kilobytes, bits, etc.)
• cvarea - Area unit conversions (sqm, sqft, acre, etc.)

All functions have three inputs:

1. valIn (double, any size) - The value(s) you want to convert
2. unitIn (char) - The name of the unit the value(s) are currently in. This is flexible, as in 'mm', 'millimeter', and 'millimeters' will all work.
3. unitOut (char) - The name of the unit the value(s) should be converted too. Like unitIn, this is also flexible.

All functions have one output:

1. valOut (double, same size as valIn) - The converted values.

Special Cases:

cvlength supports units in waves at any wavelength. To specify a unit in waves, the format is:

• 'wv' + value + units (examples wv1.0um | wv632.8nm | wv0.55microns)
• Example: valInNm = cvlength(valInWaves,'wv632.8nm','nm');