Converts a unit to a string that works as an identifier

Some formats require a name for a unit definition. This functions creates a name from a unit, converting math/symbols to text. The returned value should work as an SBML unit id.

Usage

unit.id(unit.str, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

unit.str: the original string representation of that unit
verbose: logical switch: if TRUE, the name will be printed.

Value

unit.id string

Examples

print(unit.id("s^9"))
#> [1] "s_to_the_power_of_9"
print(unit.id("cm^2"))
#> [1] "cm_square"
print(unit.id("1/s"))
#> [1] "one_over_s"