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Removing tag after units conversion - John Colvin - 04-06-2015 07:02 PM
Does anyone know if there is a way to remove the units tag at the end of the number after converting from one unit to another. Example: 4.1244_in to 4.1244. I know I
can simply pull the number from the stack and edit out the tag, but I was hoping there might be a quicker, more convenient way of doing this.
RE: Removing tag after units conversion - DrD - 04-06-2015 07:49 PM
You could just divide by one unit:
12_in/1_in ==> 12
RE: Removing tag after units conversion - John Colvin - 04-06-2015 10:21 PM
(04-06-2015 07:49 PM)DrD Wrote: You could just divide by one unit:
12_in/1_in ==> 12
That works. Thanks.
RE: Removing tag after units conversion - Joe Horn - 04-07-2015 02:14 AM
(04-06-2015 07:49 PM)DrD Wrote: You could just divide by one unit:
12_in/1_in ==> 12
CAS.left(unit) is more cryptic but it also works, e.g. CAS.left(12_in) returns 12. One benefit of this method is that you don't need to know the unit; it strips off ANY unit or combination of units.
RE: Removing tag after units conversion - John Colvin - 04-07-2015 09:10 PM
(04-07-2015 02:14 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:Good solution Joe. I used the CAS method in my DTAG function for removing the units tag from the numerical result of a conversion on the 1st level stack.(04-06-2015 07:49 PM)DrD Wrote: You could just divide by one unit:
12_in/1_in ==> 12
CAS.left(unit) is more cryptic but it also works, e.g. CAS.left(12_in) returns 12. One benefit of this method is that you don't need to know the unit; it strips off ANY unit or combination of units.