u2u_help: Convert plotting units

In j-martineau/uj: Utilities by JAM

Convert plotting units

Description

Functions in this family convert among common plotting units. Available unit codes are:

'cm'	centimeters
'in'	inches
'mm'	millimeters
'pt'	points (72/inch)

Usage

u2u_help()

u2u(x, old, new)

u2cm(x, old)

u2in(x, old)

u2mm(x, old)

u2pt(x, old)

cm2u(x, new)

in2u(x, new)

mm2u(x, new)

pt2u(x, new)

cm2in(x)

cm2mm(x)

cm2pt(x)

in2cm(x)

in2mm(x)

in2pt(x)

mm2cm(x)

mm2in(x)

mm2pt(x)

pt2cm(x)

pt2in(x)

pt2mm(x)

Arguments

x	An atomic, numeric object.
old, new	Complete character scalars giving old and new units of distance, respectively: 'cm' for centimeters, 'in' for inches, 'mm' for millimeters, and 'pt' for points.

Value

An atomic numeric object.

Functions

• u2u(): Converts x from old units to new units

• u2cm(): Converts x from old units to centimeters.

• u2in(): Converts x from old units to inches.

• u2mm(): Converts x from old units to millimeters.

• u2pt(): Converts x from old units to points.

• cm2u(): Converts x from centimeters to new units.

• in2u(): Converts x from inches to new units.

• mm2u(): Converts x from millimeters to new units.

• pt2u(): Converts x from points to new units.

• cm2in(): Converts x from centimeters to inches.

• cm2mm(): Converts x from centimeters to millimeters.

• cm2pt(): Converts x from centimeters to points.

• in2cm(): Converts x from inches to centimeters.

• in2mm(): Converts x from inches to millimeters.

• in2pt(): Converts x from inches to points.

• mm2cm(): Converts x from millimeters to centimeters.

• mm2in(): Converts x from millimeters to inches.

• mm2pt(): Converts x from millimeters to points.

• pt2cm(): Converts x from points to centimeters.

• pt2in(): Converts x from points to inches.

• pt2mm(): Converts x from points to millimeters.

See Also

Other conversions: hex_dec_help(), rng2lev(), tocase()

Other plots: color_funs(), gg_help(), gr, markdown_help(), pals_help()

Examples

u2u(1:3, "cm", "pt")
u2u(1:3, "in", "mm")
u2cm(1:3, "in")
u2in(1:3, "cm")
u2pt(1:3, "cm")
cm2u(1:3, "in")
in2u(1:3, "cm")
pt2u(1:3, "cm")
cm2in(1:3)
cm2mm(1:3)
cm2pt(1:3)
in2cm(1:3)
in2mm(1:3)
in2pt(1:3)
mm2cm(1:3)
mm2in(1:3)
mm2pt(1:3)
pt2cm(1:3)
pt2in(1:3)
pt2mm(1:3)

j-martineau/uj documentation built on Sept. 14, 2024, 4:40 a.m.