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Temperature units in imperial and SI units

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Interface

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

using namespace Units::Convert;

double temperature(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)
Temperature
Celsius	deg C	C	unit_C	1
Fahrenheit	deg F	F	unit_F	1.8
Kelvin	deg K	K	unit_K	1

FUNCTION

temperature

Converts a numbers from one temperature unit to another.

Example 1

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

using namespace Units::Convert;
int main()
{
  std::cout << "temperature(37,unit_C, unit_K)=" << temperature(37,unit_C, unit_K);

  return 0;
}

Output:

temperature(37,unit_C, unit_K)= 98.6

Parameters

number

the value in from_unit 's to convert

from_unit

an enumerated value of the initial temperature type

to_unit

an emuerated value of the output temperature type

Returns

the value in the converted unit.