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The Math::Units module converts a numeric value in one unit of measurement
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to some other unit. The units must be compatible, i.e. length can not be
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converted to volume. If a conversion can not be made an exception is
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thrown.
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A combination chaining and reduction algorithm is used to perform the most
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direct unit conversion possible. Units may be written in several different
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styles. An abbreviation table is used to convert from common long-form
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unit names to the (more or less) standard abbreviations that the units
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module uses internally. All multiplicative unit conversions are cached so
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that future conversions can be performed very quickly.
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Too many units, prefixes and abbreviations are supported to list here. See
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the source code for a complete listing.
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Author: Ken Fox
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Units/
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