Package: units-filter
Version: 3.0-2
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@ofset.org>
Installed-Size: 128
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgmp3c2, libgmpxx4ldbl, librecode0 (>= 3.6), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Suggests: wims
Section: science
Priority: optional
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.
