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Measurement units, including imperial and SI units

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Interface

#include <codecogs/units/convert/light.h>

using namespace Units::Convert;

double light(double number, units from_unit, units to_unit)

Overview

The standard measurement units are:

Unit names	Alternate names / spellings	Abbreviation	Enumeration Code	Conversion Rate (relative to first unit)
Light
Lux	Lux	lx	unit_lx	1
Flames	Flame	fl	unit_fl	0.02322576
Footcandles	Feetcandles	fc	unit_fc	0.09290304
Meter-candles	Metre-candles	mc	unit_mc	1

FUNCTION

light

Converts a numbers from one light unit to another.

Example 1

#include <iostream>
#include <codecogs/units/convert/light.h>

using namespace Units::Convert;
int main()
{
  std::cout << "light(10.2,unit_m, unit_ft)=" << light(10.2,unit_m, unit_ft);

  return 0;
}

Output:

light(123, unit_W, unit_HP)= 0.013678405

Parameters

number

the value in from_unit 's to convert

from_unit

an enumerated value of the initial light type

to_unit

an emuerated value of the output light type

Returns

the value in the converted unit.