Message-ID: <49D65525.8090302@stats.uwo.ca>
Date: 2009-04-03T18:27:49Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: Conversions From standard to metric units
In-Reply-To: <c502a9e10904031117o35910e8fuf238fbcd1924938c@mail.gmail.com>
stephen sefick wrote:
> I am starting to use R for almost any sort of calculation that I need.
> I am a biologist that works in the states, and there is often a need
> to convert from standard units to metric units. Is there a package in
> R for this already? If not I believe that I am going to write some of
> the most often used in function form. My question is should I include
> this in my StreamMetabolism package. It is not along the same theme
> lines, but could loosely fit. The reason that I ask is that I don't
> want to clutter CRAN with a small package containing some conversion
> functions because I am to lazy to source them into R every time that I
> use them, but I also don't want the StreamMetabolism package to turn
> into StephenMisc Fuctions. Thoughts, comments, or suggestions would
> be appreciated.
>
>
RSiteSearch turns up the MedUnits package; maybe your conversions are
already there, or would fit within that package.
Duncan Murdoch