Class: Quantify::Quantity

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Comparable
Defined in:
lib/quantify/quantity.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(value, unit) ⇒ Quantity

Initialize a new Quantity object. Two arguments are required: a value and a unit. The unit can be a an instance of Unit::Base or the name, symbol or JScience label of a known (or derivable through know units and prefixes) unit



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 123

def initialize(value, unit)
  @value = value.to_f
  @unit = Unit.for(unit)
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method, *args, &block) ⇒ Object (protected)

Dynamic method for converting to another unit, e.g

2.ft.to_metre.to_s                           #=> "0.6096 m"

30.degree_celsius.to_K.to_s :name            #=> "303.15 kelvins"



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 394

def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
  if method.to_s =~ /(to_)(.*)/
    to($2)
  else
    super
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#unit ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute unit.



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 117

def unit
  @unit
end

#value ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute value.



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 117

def value
  @value
end

Class Method Details

.auto_consolidate_units=(true_or_false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 97

def self.auto_consolidate_units=(true_or_false)
  @auto_consolidate_units = true_or_false
end

.auto_consolidate_units? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 101

def self.auto_consolidate_units?
  @auto_consolidate_units.nil? ? false : @auto_consolidate_units
end

.configure(&block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 93

def self.configure(&block)
  self.class_eval(&block) if block
end

.parse(string, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Parse a string and return a Quantity object based upon the value and subseqent unit name, symbol or JScience label. Returns an array containing quantity objects for each quantity recognised.



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 47

def self.parse(string,options={})
  
  quantities   = []
  remainder    = []
  words        = string.words

  until words.empty? do
    word = words.shift
    if word.starts_with_number?
      if (Unit::QUANTITY_REGEX).match(word)
        word, other = $1, $2
        words.unshift(other)
      end
      quantities << [word]
    else
      if quantities.empty?
        remainder << word
      else
        quantities.last << word
      end
    end
  end      

  remainders = []
  remainders << remainder.join(" ")

  quantities.map! do |words|

    value = words.shift
    string = words.join(" ")

    # Parse string for unit references
    unit, remainder = Unit.parse(string, :iterative => true, :remainder => true) 
    unit, remainder = Unit.dimensionless, string if unit.nil?
    remainders << remainder

    # Instantiate quantity using value and unit
    Quantity.new(value,unit)
      
  end.compact
  return [quantities, remainders] if options[:remainder] == true
  return quantities
rescue Quantify::Exceptions::InvalidArgumentError
  raise Quantify::Exceptions::QuantityParseError, "Cannot parse string into value and unit"
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(other) ⇒ Object

Raises:



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 281

def <=>(other)
  raise Exceptions::InvalidArgumentError unless other.is_a? Quantity
  raise Exceptions::InvalidArgumentError unless other.unit.is_alternative_for?(unit)
  other = other.to @unit
  @value.to_f <=> other.value.to_f
end

#===(range) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 288

def ===(range)
  raise Exceptions::InvalidArgumentError unless range.is_a? Range
  range.cover? self
end

#add(other) ⇒ Object Also known as: + 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 220

def add(other)
  Quantity.new(@value,@unit).add!(other)
end

#add!(other) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 204

def add!(other)
  add_or_subtract!(:+, other)
end

#cancel_base_units!(*units) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 258

def cancel_base_units!(*units)
  @unit = @unit.cancel_base_units!(*units) if @unit.is_compound_unit?
  return self
end

#divide(other) ⇒ Object Also known as: / 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 236

def divide(other)
  Quantity.new(@value,@unit).divide!(other)
end

#divide!(other) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 216

def divide!(other)
  multiply_or_divide!(:/, other)
end

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 155

def inspect
  to_s
end

#multiply(other) ⇒ Object Also known as: times, * 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 230

def multiply(other)
  Quantity.new(@value,@unit).multiply!(other)
end

#multiply!(other) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 212

def multiply!(other)
  multiply_or_divide!(:*, other)
end

#pow(power) ⇒ Object Also known as: ** 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 241

def pow(power)
  Quantity.new(@value,@unit).pow!(power)
end

#pow!(power) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 197

def pow!(power)
  raise Exceptions::InvalidArgumentError, "Argument must be an integer" unless power.is_a? Integer
  @value = @value ** power
  @unit = @unit ** power
  return self
end

#rationalize_units ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 246

def rationalize_units
  return self unless @unit.is_a? Unit::Compound
  self.to @unit.clone.rationalize_base_units!
end

#rationalize_units! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 251

def rationalize_units!
  rationalized_quantity = self.rationalize_units
  @value = rationalized_quantity.value
  @unit = rationalized_quantity.unit
  return self
end

#represents ⇒ Object

Returns a description of what the quantity describes, based upon the physica quantity which is represented by the Dimensions object in the Quantity unit. e.g.

Quantity.parse("25 yr").represents            #=> :time

1.foot.represents                             #=> :length

Quantity.new(123.456, :degree_celsius).represents
                                              #=> :temperature



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 138

def represents
  @unit.measures
end

#round(decimal_places = 0) ⇒ Object

Similar to #round! but returns new Quantity instance rather than rounding in place



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 276

def round(decimal_places=0)
  rounded_quantity = Quantity.new @value, @unit
  rounded_quantity.round! decimal_places
end

#round!(decimal_places = 0) ⇒ Object

Round the value attribute to the specified number of decimal places. If no argument is given, the value is rounded to NO decimal places, i.e. to an integer



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 267

def round!(decimal_places=0)
  factor = ( decimal_places == 0 ? 1 : 10.0 ** decimal_places )
  @value = (@value * factor).round / factor
  self
end

#subtract(other) ⇒ Object Also known as: - 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 225

def subtract(other)
  Quantity.new(@value,@unit).subtract!(other)
end

#subtract!(other) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 208

def subtract!(other)
  add_or_subtract!(:-, other)
end

#to(new_unit) ⇒ Object

Converts self into a quantity using the unit provided as an argument. The new unit must represent the same physical quantity, i.e. have the same dimensions, e.g.

Quantity.parse("12 yd").to(:foot).to_s          #=> "36 ft"

1000.kilogram.to(:tonne).to_s                   #=> "1 t"

The method #method_missing provides some syntactic sugar for the new unit to be provided as part of the method name, based around /to_(<unit>)/, e.g.

200.cm.to_metre.to_s                   #=> "1 t"

The unit value is converted to the corresponding value for the same quantity in terms of the new unit.



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 175

def to(new_unit)
  new_unit = Unit.for new_unit
  if Quantity.is_basic_conversion_with_scalings?(self,new_unit)
    Quantity.new(@value,@unit).conversion_with_scalings! new_unit
  elsif self.unit.is_alternative_for? new_unit
    Quantity.new(@value,@unit).convert_to_equivalent_unit! new_unit
  elsif self.unit.is_compound_unit?
    Quantity.new(@value,@unit).convert_compound_unit_to_non_equivalent_unit! new_unit
  else
    nil # raise? or ...
  end      
end

#to_s(format = :symbol) ⇒ Object

Returns a string representation of the quantity, using the unit symbol



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 143

def to_s format=:symbol
  if format == :name
    if @value == 1 || @value == -1
      "#{@value} #{@unit.name}"
    else
      "#{@value} #{@unit.pluralized_name}"
    end
  else
    "#{@value} #{@unit.send format}"
  end
end

#to_si ⇒ Object

Converts a quantity to the equivalent quantity using only SI units



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# File 'lib/quantify/quantity.rb', line 189

def to_si
  if @unit.is_compound_unit?
    Quantity.new(@value,@unit).convert_compound_unit_to_si!
  else
    self.to(@unit.si_unit)
  end
end