jsunitconverter

Simple JS unit conversion lib.

This is the library I wrote here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/865590/unit-of-measure-conversion-library/3531444#3531444

Just moved into github so it's actually versioned somewhere. The whole library is 2kb unzipped.

Usage

This library handles all the SI conversions for grams, bytes, meters and liters, and also I've added ounces and pounds as an example of non-SI units. To add more, you'll need to:

1. For items that follow SI, add the base type to the "units" list
2. For items that don't follow SI, add the conversion ratios (see the code for an example)

Usage:

$u(1, 'g').as('kg').val(); // converts one gram to kg

You can get the value out with .val(), a string representation using .toString() or the full details via .debug()

Examples

console.log($u(1, 'g').as('kg').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'kg').as('g').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'g').as('mg').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'mg').as('g').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'mg').as('kg').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'g').as('oz').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'g').as('lb').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'oz').as('lb').debug());
console.log($u(1, 'lb').as('g').debug());

// this last one throws an exception since you can't convert liters to mg
console.log($u(1, 'l').as('mg').debug());