ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert
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Usage
မႄးထတ်းThis template shows measurement quantities as primary and converted secondary units (or ranges), with optional rounding, wikilinks, abbreviation, or UK spellings, and various separators including: parentheses "( )", "or", hyphens, comma, "to" or dashes. The can help users by generating correct conversions from one unit of measurement to another, particularly for more complex units. It's also useful by making the text adhere to books' manuals of style. The text the template generates does not differ from a plain text equivalent, however.
Styles include: distance "32 meters (100 ft)" and "32 meter ဢမ်ႇၼၼ် 100 feet"; temperature "18 °C (64 °F)"; mass "55.0 ၵၵ (120 lb)" or "65 to 80 ၵၵ (140 to 180 lb)"; etc. For units see: Convert/list of units.
Options include: | lk=in , abbr=on , abbr=off , sp=uk , adj=on , adj=mid , disp=x , disp=table and sortable=on (explained below). By default, output is rounded to match the precision of input; alternatives include: sigfig=3 or using the end parameter, such as "|1 " to show tenths or "|-2 " to show full 100's, etc.
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Single value:
{{convert|value|in_unit|out_unit|round_to|...}}
Range of 2 values, or set of 3 (see below for list of range options):
{{convert|val1|range|val2 |in_unit|out_unit|round_to|...}} {{convert/3 |val1|range|val2|words|val3|in_unit|out_unit|round_to|...}}
- Numbers must be entered in unformatted form (without commas). Values output by the template will be displayed formatted and with a true minus sign where appropriate. To specify with commas, re-code a number as {{formatnum:9,000,500|R}} (becomes 9000500).
- Optional parameters, in examples below, allow abbreviated units (abbr=on), or U.K. spellings (sp=uk for metre), or hyphenation (adj=on), etc.
- For this template many levels of substitution are possible, hence doing this fully, step by step, is cumbersome. Use ၶိုၵ်ႉတွၼ်း:ExpandTemplates instead.
- The template has very limited in-built capacity for dimensional analysis. It is therefore up to the user to ensure that most input and output units are compatible. Do not, for example, attempt to convert barrels to tonnes. Also beware of units with similar names; the code
oz
, for example, is for the avoirdupois ounce (a unit of mass), do not use this if you want fluid ounces. Note also that the codelb
gives pounds mass, for pounds force uselbf
. - An attempt to convert a unit to itself, e.g., km to km, will result in a template loop.
- The range functionality is not fully implemented for all units, so experimentation may be required.
- This documentation page tends to lag behind in terms of what the template can do. For details see the talk page and its archives.
Examples
မႄးထတ်းSingle value
မႄးထတ်းInput | Displays as |
{{Convert|3.21|kg|lb}} | 3.21 ၵီႇလူဝ်ႇၵရမ်ႇs (7.1 lb) |
{{Convert|3.21|kg|lb|0}} | 3.21 ၵီႇလူဝ်ႇၵရမ်ႇs (7 lb) |
{{Convert|10|kg|lb|disp=or}} | 10 ၵီႇလူဝ်ႇၵရမ်ႇ ဢမ်ႇၼၼ် 22 pound |
{{Convert|6|ft|5|in|m}} | 6 feet 5 inches (2 m) |
{{Convert|10|mi}} | 10 miles (16 km) |
{{Convert|100|mpgus}} | 100 လၵ်း တေႃႇ ၵႃႇလၢၼ်ႇ ယူႇဢႅတ်ႉသ် (2.4 L/100 ၵမ; 120 mpg-imp) |
{{Convert|120|km/h}} | 120 kilometers per hour (75 လတမ) |
{{Convert|18|°C|°F}} | 18 °C (64 °F) |
{{Convert|1250|sqft|m2|lk=in|sigfig=2}} | 1,250 လွၵ်း ထတ်း (120 မ2) Note 'lk=in' links only the input unit. This example is for illustration only, common units of measurement should not be linked. |
{{Convert|20.5|m3|cuyd|lk=out|abbr=on}} | 20.5 r3 (26.8 လပ ဝ) Note 'lk=out' links only the output unit, cu yd. |
{{Convert|641|acre|ha sqmi|lk=on}} | 641 ဢေႇၵ (260 ႁ; 1 လ လ) Note 'lk=on' links all units. Common units should not be linked. |
{{Convert|641|acre|ha sqmi|2|lk=on}} | 641 ဢေႇၵ (259.40 ႁ; 1.00 လ လ) Although 640 acres equals 1 square mile; 641 acres rounded to two decimal places equals 1.00 sq mi. |
Range of 2 values
မႄးထတ်း- Note: not yet operational for all units
Input | Displays as |
{{Convert|60|and|170|kg|lb}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/and |
{{Convert|60|to|170|kg|lb}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/Dual/LoffAoffDbSoff |
{{Convert|60|to(-)|170|kg|lb}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/to(-) |
{{Convert|60|-|170|kg|lb}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/Dual/LoffAoffDbSoff |
{{Convert|41|to|50|F|C}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/F |
{{Convert|41|-|50|F|K}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/F |
{{Convert|60|x|120|m|ft}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/x |
{{Convert|60|+/-|10|m|ft}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/+/- |
{{Convert|19|to|27|L|USgal}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/L |
{{Convert|5|to|7|L|USgal|abbr=mos}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/L |
{{Convert|4|-|9|L|USgal|abbr=off}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/L |
The following conversions are currently not available as a range of values:
- Some imperial and US gallon-based units
- Other fuel-consumption units, except "mpg" or "L100km" shown above.
- Large scale units (e3, e6, e9)
- Combination-based units (ft&in, st&lb, lb&oz) due to complexity of the conversion.
Range/set of 3 values
မႄးထတ်း- Note: not yet operational for all units
Input | Displays as |
{{Convert/3 |2|x|4|x|6|m|ft}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
{{Convert/3 |60|-|70|-|80|kg|lb}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
{{Convert/3 |60|to|80|or|85|m|ft}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
{{Convert/3 |11|by|15|rarely|16|ft|m}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
{{Convert/3 |41|to|50|to|60|F|C}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
{{Convert/3 |41|-|50|almost|51|F|K}} | ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/3 |
For {{convert/3}}, the separator words can be any text.
Parameters
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Use UK spelling | attach |sp=uk
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Make units linked | attach |lk=on to link all units (default: lk=off)attach |lk=in to link only the input unitsattach |lk=out to link only the output units(Wikibooks:Dewikify suggests that you should not link common units of measurement). |
Use the adjective form, or insert mid-text words | attach |adj=on (e.g. "190-foot (58 m) bridge" instead of "190 feet...").
attach
Note 1: Any rounding-parameter should follow the mid-text: "text|0".
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Abbreviate units, or not | attach |abbr=on to show unit symbolsattach |abbr=off to show all unit names in full wordsattach |abbr=in to abbreviate input unitsattach |abbr=out to abbreviate output unitsattach |abbr=values to suppress unit names & show only values. So, {{Convert|6|mi|abbr=values}} gives: ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/LoffAvaluesDbSoff.
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Change "( )" to display other separators | attach |disp=comma to put comma, not brackets/parenthesesattach |disp=or to put "or" between units.The default value is: disp=b for brackets/parentheses. |
Change "( )" to customized separators | attach |disp=x| (begin | end) to show "xx (begin yy end)" See example 1attach |disp=x|; to show "xx; yy" See example 2attach |disp=x| (same as |) to show "xx (same as yy)". See example 3Example 1: {{convert|9|km|mi|disp=x| [|]}}→9 kilometres [5.6 mi] (note space before [|) Example 2: {{convert|9|km|mi|disp=x|;}}→9 kilometres;5.6 mi Example 3: {{convert|10|km|mi|disp=x| (about |)}}→10 kilometres (about 6.2 mi) (note spaces used within the code). |
Display output only | attach |disp=output only to show result number & unitattach |disp=output number only to show just numberNote when using "disp=output only" then the unit name can still be shown as full words by abbr=off or linked by lk=on. |
Display units inverted as reverse order | attach |disp=flip to reverse the order & show output unit first.So, {{Convert|6|km|disp=flip}} shows "3.7 miles (6 km)". To get symbol "mi" use abbr=in, to abbreviate the input unit (left-side unit). |
Display unit name (only) | attach |disp=unit to show the unit name for a symbolThe unit name will be plural when the amount is not 1, or hyphenated when adj=on. So, {{Convert|2|cuyd|disp=unit}} shows "cubic yards" plural. |
Display amounts as table cells | attach |disp=table (or |disp=tablecen) Note: For use in tables, the template must start on a new line after a pipe. Only the number will be displayed unless you set |abbr=on , |lk=on , |lk=in or |lk=out .
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Round to a specified number of significant figures | attach |sigfig={some integer greater than zero} . In the case of temperatures Celsius or Fahrenheit this refers to the difference with the absolute-zero temperature. For example, at room temperature two significant digits means rounded to tens of degrees.
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Round by 5 | attach |disp=5 to round the output amount to the nearest 5 units. Not supported for all options. |
Let Convert decide the unit to convert to | skip the precision parameter (the 3rd or 4th unnamed parameter) e.g. {{Convert|100|km|kn}} gives 100 kilometers (ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/kn) and {{Convert|100|km}} gives 100 kilometers (62 mi).
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Display input value with a fraction | {{Convert|3/8|in|mm|3|abbr=on}} → 3⁄8 in (ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:Convert/mm) or {{Convert|11+1/4|in|cm|2|abbr=on}} → 11 in (28.58 cm)
1⁄4 For negative amounts, use two minus signs (hyphens): -11-1/4. |
Generate a hidden sort key for use with a sortable table | attach |sortable=on to generate a hidden sort key so that sortable tables will sort correctly. This uses {{ntsh}} to generate a sort key from the first numeric value. It ignores any additional values, i.e., if you use 6|ft|2|in as the value, it will only use the 6 for the sort key. This will cause numeric values to sort in numeric order, i.e.: 5, 10, 15 instead of 10, 15, 5.
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Parameters still under construction
မႄးထတ်းParameters still under construction. May not work in all situations | |
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disp=5[note 1] | The output will be rounded to the nearest 5 units. Might not work when linking unit names. |
disp=tablecen[note 1] | Similar to disp=table except that the values will be centered within the column. |
disp=comma[note 1] | The two values will be separated by a comma, for situations where the first value is already within parentheses. |
abbr=in | Abbreviates only the input unit. |
abbr=out | Abbreviates only the output unit. |
abbr=comma[note 1] | "Abbreviates" (removes) commas. For ranges, using abbr=comma conflicts with internal options, so instead, append "nocomma" to a range-word: tonocomma, bynocomma, andnocomma, -nocomma & xnocomma. |
abbr=mos | For ranges, abbreviates with the input unit repeated, twice. |
disp=br | This separates input and output units with a forced line break. This can be useful in tables with limited horizontal space. |
disp=sqbr | Shows square brackets "[ ]" instead of parentheses "( )" in output. Example: 55 miles [89 km]. This option can be used in direct quotes, to show conversions in editorial brackets. See: attach |disp=x|[|] , above, as another way of showing brackets "[ ]".
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Rounding
မႄးထတ်းConvert supports four types of rounding:
- Rounding to a given precision
- Specify the desired precision with the fourth unnamed parameter (or third unnamed parameter if the "convert to" parameter is omitted; or fifth unnamed parameter if a range is specified; or fourth unnamed parameter again if a range is specified and the "convert to" parameter is omitted; needs to be replaced with a "precision" named parameter). The conversion is rounded off to the nearest power of 1⁄10 this number. For instance, if the result is 8621 and the round number is '-2', the result will be 8600. If the result is '234.0283043' and the round number is '0', the result will be 234.
- Rounding to a given number of significant figures
- Specify the desired number of significant figures using
|sigfig={some integer greater than zero}
as noted above.
- Default rounding
- If neither the desired precision nor the desired number of significant figures is specified, the conversion will be rounded either to a comparable precision as the input value (the number of digits after the decimal point—or the negative of the number of non-significant zeroes before the point—is increased by one if the conversion is a multiplication by a number between 0.02 and 0.2, remains the same if the factor is between 0.2 and 2, is decreased by 1 if it is between 2 and 20, and so on) or to two significant figures, whichever is the most precise. An exception to this is temperature, wherein the conversion will be rounded either to precision comparable to that of the input value or to that which would give three significant figures when expressed in kelvins, whichever is the most precise.
Examples of default rounding | ||
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Input | Displays as | Note |
{{Convert|550|ft|m|0}} | 550 feet (168 m) | Approximate value is 167.64 m |
{{Convert|550|ft|m}} | 550 feet (170 m) | Rounds to 170, when approximate value is 167.64 m |
{{Convert|500|ft|m|0}} | 500 feet (152 m) | Approximate value is 152.4 m |
{{Convert|500|ft|m}} | 500 feet (150 m) | Rounds to 150, when approximate value is 152.4 m |
Units supported
မႄးထတ်းတူၺ်းပႃး
မႄးထတ်း- {{Metricate}}