Code Example

Here is a small example of operations possible on scalar quantities:

#include <mp-units/systems/si/si.h>

using namespace mp_units;
using namespace mp_units::si::unit_symbols;

// simple numeric operations
static_assert(10 * km / 2 == 5 * km);

// unit conversions
static_assert(1 * h == 3600 * s);
static_assert(1 * km + 1 * m == 1001 * m);

// derived quantities
static_assert(1 * km / (1 * s) == 1000 * m / s);
static_assert(2 * km / h * (2 * h) == 4 * km);
static_assert(2 * km / (2 * km / h) == 1 * h);

static_assert(2 * m * (3 * m) == 6 * m2);

static_assert(10 * km / (5 * km) == 2 * one);

static_assert(1000 / (1 * s) == 1 * kHz);

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This library requires some C++20 features (concepts and constraints, classes as NTTP, ...). Thanks to them, a user gets a powerful but still easy-to-use interface where all unit conversions and dimensional analysis can be performed without sacrificing accuracy. Please see the below example for a quick preview of basic library features:

#include <mp-units/format.h>
#include <mp-units/ostream.h>
#include <mp-units/systems/international/international.h>
#include <mp-units/systems/isq/isq.h>
#include <mp-units/systems/si/si.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace mp_units;

constexpr QuantityOf<isq::speed> auto avg_speed(QuantityOf<isq::length> auto d,
                                                QuantityOf<isq::time> auto t)
{
  return d / t;
}

int main()
{
  using namespace mp_units::si::unit_symbols;
  using namespace mp_units::international::unit_symbols;

  constexpr quantity v1 = 110 * km / h;
  constexpr quantity v2 = 70 * mph;
  constexpr quantity v3 = avg_speed(220. * isq::distance[km], 2 * h);
  constexpr quantity v4 = avg_speed(isq::distance(140. * mi), 2 * h);
  constexpr quantity v5 = v3.in(m / s);
  constexpr quantity v6 = value_cast<m / s>(v4);
  constexpr quantity v7 = value_cast<int>(v6);

  std::cout << v1 << '\n';                                  // 110 km/h
  std::cout << v2 << '\n';                                  // 70 mi/h
  std::cout << std::format("{}", v3) << '\n';               // 110 km/h
  std::cout << std::format("{:*^14}", v4) << '\n';          // ***70 mi/h****
  std::cout << std::format("{:%Q in %q}", v5) << '\n';      // 30.5556 in m/s
  std::cout << std::format("{0:%Q} in {0:%q}", v6) << '\n'; // 31.2928 in m/s
  std::cout << std::format("{:%Q}", v7) << '\n';            // 31
}

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Note

More code examples can be found in the Examples chapter.