I am trying to create units of measure per meter and kilometer. I want to summarize and convert them later. I know that in the boost :: units library there is already an SI system, but I want to create everything from scratch, because then I need to create my own systems for my projects (so I do this to study). My goal is to declare a variable "Length", which can be changed using units: for example, I want to write
Length xLength1 = 5350 * Meters + 2 Kilometers;
To this end, I created a file length.h containing the definitions of meter and kilometer, and at the end I declare a conversion between the two units:
#ifndef LENGTH_H_
#define LENGTH_H_
#include <boost/units/base_dimension.hpp>
#include <boost/units/base_unit.hpp>
#include <boost/units/scaled_base_unit.hpp>
#include <boost/units/quantity.hpp>
#include <boost/units/conversion.hpp>
struct LengthBaseDimension : boost::units::base_dimension<LengthBaseDimension,1>{};
typedef LengthBaseDimension::dimension_type LengthDimension;
struct MeterBaseUnit : boost::units::base_unit<MeterBaseUnit, LengthDimension, 1>{};
template <> struct boost::units::base_unit_info<MeterBaseUnit>
{
static std::string name() { return "meter"; }
static std::string symbol() { return "m"; }
};
struct KilometerBaseUnit : boost::units::base_unit<KilometerBaseUnit, LengthDimension, 2>{};
template <> struct boost::units::base_unit_info<KilometerBaseUnit>
{
static std::string name() { return "kilometer"; }
static std::string symbol() { return "km"; }
};
BOOST_UNITS_DEFINE_CONVERSION_FACTOR(KilometerBaseUnit, MeterBaseUnit, double, 1000.0);
#endif
Then I create a units.h file in which I define my own unit system
#ifndef LIB_UNITS_H_
#define LIB_UNITS_H_
#include "length.h"
#include <boost/units/unit.hpp>
#include <boost/units/static_constant.hpp>
#include <boost/units/make_system.hpp>
#include <boost/units/io.hpp>
typedef boost::units::make_system<MeterBaseUnit>::type UnitsSystem;
typedef boost::units::unit<boost::units::dimensionless_type, UnitsSystem> Dimensionless;
typedef boost::units::unit<LengthDimension , UnitsSystem> SystemLength;
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(Kilometer , SystemLength);
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(Kilometers , SystemLength);
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(Meter , SystemLength);
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(Meters , SystemLength);
typedef boost::units::quantity<SystemLength> Length;
#endif
,
#include "units.h"
#include <iostream>
int main(void)
{
Length xLength1 ( 300.0 * Meters);
Length xLength2 (1500.0 * Kilometer );
Length xLength3;
std::cout << xLength2 << std::endl;
xLength3 = xLength1 + xLength2;
return 0;
}
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