UnitConversion

An up-to-date, easy to use unit conversion gem.

Ruby 2.x

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'unit_conversion'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install unit_conversion

If you want to convert from Celcius to Kelvin:

celcius = UnitConversion.new(0, 'celcius')
temperature.to_kelvin

=> 273.15

Refer to the list below and simply prefix a unit with "to_" to call the instance method. Also, always refer to unit conversion methods without an 's' and in it's singular form:

Wrong way:  to_meters
Rgiht way:  to_meter

Wrong way: to_feet
Right way: to_foot

Wrong way: to_mph
Right way: to_miles_per_hour

Temperature:

• Fahrenheit
• Celcius
• Kelvin
• Rankine

Distance:

• Meter
• Inch
• Foot
• Yard

Weight:

• Gram
• Ounce
• Pound
• Short Ton (US ton)
• Long Ton (British ton)

Speed:

• Mile per hour
• Kilometer per hour
• Foot per second
• Meter per second
• Knot

Next Version:

• more metric conversions for all measurements (ex: centi prefixes)

Future measurements for conversion:

• volume
• area
• time
• frequency
• data transfer rate
• digital storage
• energy

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/unit_conversion. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.