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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
Source: units-filter
Section: science
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 10), flex, bison,
libgmp-dev, libfl-dev, librecode-dev
Standards-Version: 4.1.4
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/georgesk/units-filter
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/georgesk/units-filter.git
Package: units-filter
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Suggests: wims
Description: Parser for expressions concerning physical values
Units-filter is a basic standalone filter written in C language,
flex and bison. It inputs strings like "1.5e3 nN.m.s^-1" (it could
be the time growth ratio of a torque) and outputs the value in
standard SI unit, followed by the physical dimension of this value.
.
example :~/src$ echo 1.5e3 nN.m.s^-1 | units-filter
1.5e-06 2 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0
.
2 -3
which means : 1.5e-06 (SI unit) m .kg.s
.
This parser can be embedded in educational test systems, in order to
analyze a student's answer to a problem of physics or chemistry.