find unit category

This function reads a unit, without SI prefix, and returns a string from a smaller subset of unit kinds, similar to what is defined in SBML. This normalizes the various ways to write the same unit: "meter", "m" and "metre".

Usage

unit.kind(kind)

Arguments

kind

the unnormalized string that humans use to write a unit (but without prefix)

Value

normalized category name of the unit kind: litre, mole, metre, kilogram, gram, ampere, candela, second, kelvin, hour, molarity, dimensionless. defaults to dimensionless.

Details

The unit kind of "m" is "metre", the kind of "g" is "gram".

Examples

print(unit.kind("meter"))
#> Error in unit.kind("meter"): could not find function "unit.kind"