See Cldr.Unit.Math.add/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.add!/2.

Returns the base unit for a given unit.

Argument

• unit is either a t:Cldr.Unit, an atom or a t:String

Returns

• {:ok, base_unit} or

• {:error, {exception, reason}}

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.base_unit :square_kilometer
{:ok, :square_meter}

iex> Cldr.Unit.base_unit :square_table
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "Unknown unit was detected at \"table\""}}

@spec base_unit_category_map() :: map()

Returns a mapping of base units to their respective unit categories.

Base units are a common unit for a given unit category which are used in two scenarios:

1. When converting between units. If two units have the same base unit they can be converted to each other. See Cldr.Unit.Conversion.

2. When identifying the preferred units for a given locale or territory, the base unit is used to aid identification of preferences for given use cases. See Cldr.Unit.Preference.

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.base_unit_category_map
%{
  "kilogram_square_meter_per_cubic_second_ampere" => :voltage,
  "kilogram_meter_per_meter_square_second" => :torque,
  "square_meter" => :area,
  "kilogram" => :mass,
  "kilogram_square_meter_per_square_second" => :energy,
  "revolution" => :angle,
  "candela_per_square_meter" => :luminance,
  ...
}

Returns a mapping from unit categories to the base unit.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.compare/2.

@spec compatible?(t() | unit(), t() | unit()) :: boolean()

Returns a boolean indicating if two units are of the same unit category.

Arguments

• unit_1 and unit_2 are any units returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2 or a valid unit name.

Returns

• true or false

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.compatible? :foot, :meter
true

iex> Cldr.Unit.compatible? Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 23), :meter
true

iex> Cldr.Unit.compatible? :foot, :liter
false

iex> Cldr.Unit.compatible? "light_year_per_second", "meter_per_gallon"
false

See Cldr.Unit.Conversion.convert/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Conversion.convert!/2.

@spec decompose(unit :: t(), unit_list :: [unit()], options :: Keyword.t()) :: [t()]

Decomposes a unit into subunits.

Any list compatible units can be provided however a list of units of decreasing scale is recommended. For example [:foot, :inch] or [:kilometer, :meter, :centimeter, :millimeter]

Arguments

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

• unit_list is a list of valid units (one or more from the list returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0. All units must be from the same unit category.

• format_options is a Keyword list of options that is added to the last unit in unit_list. The format_options will be applied when calling Cldr.Unit.to_string/3 on the unit. The default is [].

Returns

• a list of units after decomposition or an error tuple

Examples

iex> u = Cldr.Unit.new!(10.3, :foot)
iex> Cldr.Unit.decompose u, [:foot, :inch]
[Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 10), Cldr.Unit.new!(:inch, "3.6")]

iex> u = Cldr.Unit.new!(:centimeter, 1111)
iex> Cldr.Unit.decompose u, [:kilometer, :meter, :centimeter, :millimeter]
[Cldr.Unit.new!(:meter, 11), Cldr.Unit.new!(:centimeter, 11)]

@spec default_style() :: style()

Returns the default formatting style.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.default_style
:long

@spec display_name(value() | t(), Keyword.t()) ::
  String.t() | {:error, {module(), binary()}}

Returns the localized display name for a unit.

The returned text is generally suitable for including in UI elements such as selection boxes.

Arguments

• unit is any t:Cldr.Unit or any unit name returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0.

• options is a keyword list of options.

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0.

• backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :style is one of those returned by Cldr.Unit.available_styles. The current styles are :long, :short and :narrow. The default is style: :long.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.display_name :liter
"liters"

iex> Cldr.Unit.display_name :liter, locale: "fr"
"litres"

iex> Cldr.Unit.display_name :liter, locale: "fr", style: :short
"l"

See Cldr.Unit.Math.div/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.div!/2.

Returns a new Unit.t struct from a map.

A map representation of a unit may be generated from json or other external format data.

The map provided must have the keys unit and value in either String.t or atom (both keys must be of the same type).

value must be either an integer, a float or a map representation of a rational number. A rational number map has the keys numerator and denominator in either String.t or atom format (both keys must be of the same type).

Arguments

• map is a map with the keys unit and value

Returns

• {:ok, unit} or

• {:error, {exception, reason}}

Examples

Cldr.Unit.from_map %{value: 1, unit: "kilogram"}
=> {:ok, #Cldr.Unit<:kilogram, 1>}

Cldr.Unit.from_map %{value: %{numerator: 3, denominator: 4}, unit: "kilogram"}
=> {:ok, #Cldr.Unit<:kilogram, 3 <|> 4>}

Cldr.Unit.from_map %{"value" => 1, "unit" => "kilogram"}
=> {:ok, #Cldr.Unit<:kilogram, 1>}

@spec grammatical_gender(t(), Keyword.t()) :: grammatical_gender()

Return the grammatical gender for a unit.

Arguments

Options

Returns

Examples

@spec invert(t()) :: {:ok, t()} | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Inverts a unit

Only "per" units can be inverted.

Returns a list of the known grammatical cases.

A grammatical case can be provided as an option to Cldr.Unit.to_string/2 in order to localise a unit appropriate to the context in which it is used.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_grammatical_cases()
[
  :abessive,
  :ablative,
  :accusative,
  :adessive,
  :allative,
  :causal,
  :comitative,
  :dative,
  :delative,
  :elative,
  :ergative,
  :genitive,
  :illative,
  :inessive,
  :instrumental,
  :locative,
  :localtivecopulative,
  :nominative,
  :oblique,
  :partitive,
  :prepositional,
  :sociative,
  :sublative,
  :superessive,
  :terminative,
  :translative,
  :vocative
]

Returns a list of the known grammatical genders.

A gender can be provided as an option to Cldr.Unit.to_string/2 in order to localise a unit appropriate to the context in which it is used.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_grammatical_genders
[
  :animate,
  :inanimate,
  :personal,
  :common,
  :feminine,
  :masculine,
  :neuter
]

@spec known_measurement_system_names() :: [measurement_system(), ...]

Return a list of known measurement system names.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_measurement_system_names()
[:metric, :si, :uksystem, :ussystem]

@spec known_measurement_systems() :: %{
  required(measurement_system()) => %{alias: atom(), description: String.t()}
}

Return a list of known measurement systems.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_measurement_systems()
%{
  metric: %{alias: nil, description: "Metric System"},
  uksystem: %{
    alias: :imperial,
    description: "UK System of measurement: feet, pints, etc.; pints are 20oz"
  },
  ussystem: %{alias: nil, description: "US System of measurement: feet, pints, etc.; pints are 16oz"},
  si: %{alias: nil, description: "SI System"}
}

@spec known_styles() :: [style(), ...]

Returns the known styles for a unit.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_styles
[:long, :short, :narrow]

@spec known_unit_categories() :: [category()]

Returns a list of the known unit categories.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.known_unit_categories
[:acceleration, :angle, :area, :concentr, :consumption, :digital,
 :duration, :electric, :energy, :force, :frequency, :graphics, :length, :light, :mass,
 :power, :pressure, :speed, :temperature, :torque, :volume]

@spec known_units() :: [translatable_unit(), ...]

Returns the known units that are directly translatable.

These units have localised content in CLDR and are used as a key to retrieving that content.

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.known_units
[:acre, :acre_foot, :ampere, :arc_minute, :arc_second, :astronomical_unit, :bit,
 :bushel, :byte, :calorie, :carat, :celsius, :centiliter, :centimeter, :century,
 :cubic_centimeter, :cubic_foot, :cubic_inch, :cubic_kilometer, :cubic_meter,
 :cubic_mile, :cubic_yard, :cup, :cup_metric, :day, :deciliter, :decimeter,
 :degree, :fahrenheit, :fathom, :fluid_ounce, :foodcalorie, :foot, :furlong,
 :g_force, :gallon, :gallon_imperial, :generic, :gigabit, :gigabyte, :gigahertz,
 :gigawatt, :gram, :hectare, :hectoliter, :hectopascal, :hertz, :horsepower,
 :hour, :inch, ...]

@spec known_units_by_category() :: %{
  required(category()) => [translatable_unit(), ...]
}

Returns the units that are defined for a given category (such as :volume, :length)

See also Cldr.Unit.known_unit_categories/0.

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.known_units_by_category
%{
  acceleration: [:g_force, :meter_per_square_second],
  angle: [:arc_minute, :arc_second, :degree, :radian, :revolution],
  area: [:acre, :dunam, :hectare, :square_centimeter, :square_foot,
   :square_inch, :square_kilometer, :square_meter, :square_mile, :square_yard],
  concentr: [:karat, :milligram_per_deciliter, :millimole_per_liter, :mole,
   :percent, :permille, :permillion, :permyriad], ...
 }

@spec known_units_for_category(category()) ::
  {:ok, [translatable_unit(), ...]} | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns the list of units defined for a given category.

Arguments

• category is any unit category returned by Cldr.Unit.known_unit_categories/0.

See also Cldr.Unit.known_units_by_category/0.

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.known_units_for_category :volume
{
  :ok,
  [
    :cubic_centimeter,
    :centiliter,
    :hectoliter,
    :cubic_kilometer,
    :acre_foot,
    ...
  ]
}

@spec localize(t()) :: [t(), ...]

Localizes a unit according to the current processes locale and backend.

The current process's locale is set with Cldr.put_locale/1.

See Cldr.Unit.localize/3 for further details.

@spec localize(t(), Cldr.backend(), Keyword.t()) :: [t(), ...]

Localizes a unit according to a territory

A territory can be derived from a t:Cldr.Locale.locale_name or t:Cldr.LangaugeTag.

Use this function if you have a unit which should be presented in a user interface using units relevant to the audience. For example, a unit #Cldr.Unit100, :meter> might be better presented to a US audience as #Cldr.Unit<328, :foot>.

Arguments

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

• backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module.

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is backend.get_locale/0.

• :territory is any valid territory code returned by Cldr.known_territories/0. The default is the territory defined as part of the :locale. The option :territory has a precedence over the territory in a locale.

• :usage is the way in which the unit is intended to be used. The available usage varyies according to the unit category. See Cldr.Unit.preferred_units/3.

Examples

iex> unit = Cldr.Unit.new!(1.83, :meter)
iex> Cldr.Unit.localize(unit, usage: :person_height, territory: :US)
[
  Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 6, usage: :person_height),
  Cldr.Unit.new!(:inch, "0.04724409448818897637795275598", usage: :person_height)
]

@spec measurement_system?(t() | unit(), measurement_system() | [measurement_system()]) ::
  boolean() | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns a boolean indicating if a given unit belongs to one or more measurement systems.

When a list or more than one measurement system is provided, the test is one of inclusion. That is, if the unit belongs to any of the provided measurement systems the return is true.

Arguments

• system is any measurement system or list of measurement systems returned by Cldr.Unit.known_measurement_systems/0

Returns

• true or false or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system? :foot, :uksystem
true

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system? :foot, [:uksystem, :ussystem]
true

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system? :foot, [:metric]
false

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system? :invalid, [:metric]
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "The unit :invalid is not known."}}

@spec measurement_system_for_territory(atom(), atom()) ::
  :metric
  | :ussystem
  | :uksystem
  | :a4
  | :us_letter
  | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns the default measurement system for a territory and a given system key.

Arguments

• territory is any valid territory returned by Cldr.validate_territory/1

• key is any measurement system key. The known keys are :default, :temperature and :paper_size. The default key is :default.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :US
:ussystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :GB
:uksystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :AU
:metric

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :US, :temperature
:ussystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :GB, :temperature
:uksystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_for_territory :GB, :volume
{:error,
 {Cldr.Unit.InvalidSystemKeyError,
  "The key :volume is not known. Valid keys are :default, :paper_size and :temperature"}}

@spec measurement_system_from_locale(
  Cldr.LanguageTag.t() | Cldr.Locale.locale_name(),
  measurement_system_key() | Cldr.backend()
) :: measurement_system() | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Determines the preferred measurement system from a locale.

See also Cldr.Unit.known_measurement_systems/0.

Arguments

• locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0.

• key is any measurement system key. The known keys are :default, :temperature and :paper_size. The default key is :default.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en"
:ussystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-GB"
:uksystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-AU"
:metric

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-AU-u-ms-ussystem"
:ussystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-GB", :temperature
:uksystem

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-AU", :paper_size
:a4

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_from_locale "en-GB", :invalid
{:error,
 {Cldr.Unit.InvalidSystemKeyError,
  "The key :invalid is not known. Valid keys are :default, :paper_size and :temperature"}}

@spec measurement_system_units(measurement_system()) ::
  [translatable_unit(), ...] | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns the list of units defined in a given measurement system.

Arguments

• system is any measurement system returned by Cldr.Unit.known_measurement_systems/0

Returns

• A list of translatable units as atoms or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.measurement_system_units :uksystem
[
  :ton,
  :inch,
  :yard,
  ...
]

See Cldr.Unit.measurement_systems_by_territory/0.

@spec measurement_systems_by_territory() :: %{
  required(Cldr.Locale.territory_code()) => map()
}

Returns a map of measurement systems by territory.

Example

=> Cldr.Unit.measurement_systems_by_territory
%{
  KE: %{default: :metric, paper_size: :a4, temperature: :metric},
  GU: %{default: :metric, paper_size: :a4, temperature: :metric},
  ...
}

@spec measurement_systems_for_unit(t() | unit()) ::
  [measurement_system(), ...] | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns the measurement systems for a given unit.

Arguments

• unit is any t:Cldr.Unit or any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0 or a string unit name.

Returns

• A list of measurement systems to which the unit belongs.

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_systems_for_unit :foot
[:ussystem, :uksystem]

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_systems_for_unit :meter
[:metric, :si]

iex> Cldr.Unit.measurement_systems_for_unit :invalid
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "The unit :invalid is not known."}}

See Cldr.Unit.Math.mult/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.mult!/2.

@spec new(unit() | value(), value() | unit(), Keyword.t()) ::
  {:ok, t()} | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns a new Unit.t struct.

Arguments

• value is any float, integer or Decimal

• unit is any unit name returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0

• options is Keyword list of options. The default is []

Options

• :usage is the intended use of the unit. This is used during localization to convert the unit to that appropriate for the unit category, usage, target territory and unit value. The usage must be defined for the unit's category. See Cldr.Unit.unit_category_usage/0 for the known usage types for each category.

Returns

• unit or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.new(23, :gallon)
{:ok, Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 23)}

iex> Cldr.Unit.new(:gallon, 23)
{:ok, Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 23)}

iex> Cldr.Unit.new(14, :gadzoots)
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError,
  "Unknown unit was detected at \"gadzoots\""}}

Cldr.Unit.new(:gallon, 23, usage: :fluid)
#=> {:ok, #Cldr.Unit<:gallon, 23, usage: :fluid, format_options: []>}

Returns a new Unit.t struct or raises on error.

Arguments

• value is any float, integer or Decimal

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0

Returns

• unit or

• raises an exception

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.new! 23, :gallon
Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 23)

Cldr.Unit.new! 14, :gadzoots
** (Cldr.UnknownUnitError) The unit :gadzoots is not known.
    (ex_cldr_units) lib/cldr/unit.ex:57: Cldr.Unit.new!/2

Parse a string to create a new unit.

This function attempts to parse a string into a number and unit type. If successful it attempts to create a new unit using Cldr.Unit.new/3.

The parsed unit type is aliased against all the known unit names for a give locale (or the current locale if no locale is specified). The known aliases for unit types can be returned with MyApp.Cldr.Unit.unit_strings_for/1 where MyApp.Cldr is the name of a backend module.

Arguments

• unit string is any string to be parsed and if possible used to create a new t:Cldr.Unit

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :only is a unit category or unit, or a list of unit categories and units. The parsed unit must match one of the categories or units in order to be valid. This is helpful when disambiguating parsed units. For example, parsing "2w" could be either "2 watts" or "2 weeks". Specifying only: :duration would return "2 weeks". Specifying only: :power would return "2 watts"

• :except is the oppostte of :only. The parsed unit must not match the specified unit or category, or unit categories and units.

Returns

• {:ok, unit} or

• {:error, {exception, reason}}

Notes

• When both :only and :except options are passed, both conditions must be true in order to return a parsed result.

• Only units returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0 can be used in the :only and :except filters.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1kg"
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :kilogram)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1w"
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :watt)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1w", only: :duration
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :week)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1m", only: [:year, :month, :day]
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :month)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1 tages", locale: "de"
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :day)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse "1 tag", locale: "de"
Cldr.Unit.new(1, :day)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse("42 millispangels")
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "Unknown unit was detected at \"spangels\""}}

Parse a string to create a new unit or raises an exception.

This function attempts to parse a string into a number and unit type. If successful it attempts to create a new unit using Cldr.Unit.new/3.

The parsed unit type is un-aliased against all the known unit names for a give locale (or the current locale if no locale is specified). The known aliases for unit types can be returned with MyApp.Cldr.Unit.unit_strings_for/1 where MyApp.Cldr is the name of a backend module.

Arguments

• unit string is any string to be parsed and if possible used to create a new t:Cldr.Unit

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :only is a unit category or unit, or a list of unit categories and units. The parsed unit must match one of the categories or units in order to be valid. This is helpful when disambiguating parsed units. For example, parsing "2w" could be either "2 watts" or "2 weeks". Specifying only: :duration would return "2 weeks". Specifying only: :power would return "2 watts"

• :except is the oppostte of :only. The parsed unit must not match the specified unit or category, or unit categories and units.

Notes

• When both :only and :except options are passed, both conditions must be true in order to return a parsed result.

• Only units returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0 can be used in the :only and :except filters.

Returns

• unit or

• raises an exception

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse! "1kg"
Cldr.Unit.new!(1, :kilogram)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse! "1 tages", locale: "de"
Cldr.Unit.new!(1, :day)

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse!("42 candela per lux")
Cldr.Unit.new!(42, "candela per lux")

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse!("42 millispangels")
** (Cldr.UnknownUnitError) Unknown unit was detected at "spangels"

@spec parse_unit_name(binary(), Keyword.t()) ::
  {:ok, atom()} | {:error, {module(), binary()}}

Parse a string to find a matching unit-atom.

This function attempts to parse a string and extract the unit type.

The parsed unit type is aliased against all the known unit names for a give locale (or the current locale if no locale is specified). The known aliases for unit types can be returned with MyApp.Cldr.Unit.unit_strings_for/1 where MyApp.Cldr is the name of a backend module.

Arguments

• unit_name_string is any string to be parsed and converted into a unit type

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :only is a unit category or unit, or a list of unit categories and units. The parsed unit must match one of the categories or units in order to be valid. This is helpful when disambiguating parsed units. For example, parsing "w" could be either :watt or :weeks. Specifying only: :duration would return :weeks. Specifying only: :power would return :watt

• :except is the oppostte of :only. The parsed unit must not match the specified unit or category, or unit categories and units.

Returns

• {:ok, unit_name} or

• {:error, {exception, reason}}

Notes

• When both :only and :except options are passed, both conditions must be true in order to return a parsed result.

• Only units returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0 can be used in the :only and :except filters.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "kg"
{:ok, :kilogram}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "w"
{:ok, :watt}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "w", only: :duration
{:ok, :week}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "m", only: [:year, :month, :day]
{:ok, :month}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "tages", locale: "de"
{:ok, :day}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name "tag", locale: "de"
{:ok, :day}

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name("millispangels")
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "Unknown unit was detected at \"spangels\""}}

Parse a string to find a matching unit-atom.

This function attempts to parse a string and extract the unit type.

The parsed unit type is aliased against all the known unit names for a give locale (or the current locale if no locale is specified). The known aliases for unit types can be returned with MyApp.Cldr.Unit.unit_strings_for/1 where MyApp.Cldr is the name of a backend module.

Arguments

• unit_name_string is any string to be parsed and converted into a unit type

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :only is a unit category or unit, or a list of unit categories and units. The parsed unit must match one of the categories or units in order to be valid. This is helpful when disambiguating parsed units. For example, parsing "w" could be either watts or :week. Specifying only: :duration would return :week. Specifying only: :power would return :watts

• :except is the oppostte of :only. The parsed unit must not match the specified unit or category, or unit categories and units.

Returns

• unit_name or

• raises an exception

Notes

• When both :only and :except options are passed, both conditions must be true in order to return a parsed result.

• Only units returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0 can be used in the :only and :except filters.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "kg"
:kilogram

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "w"
:watt

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "w", only: :duration
:week

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "m", only: [:year, :month, :day]
:month

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "tages", locale: "de"
:day

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name! "tag", locale: "de"
:day

iex> Cldr.Unit.parse_unit_name!("millispangels")
** (Cldr.UnknownUnitError) Unknown unit was detected at "spangels"

See Cldr.Unit.Preference.preferred_units/3.

See Cldr.Unit.Preference.preferred_units!/3.

See Cldr.Unit.to_decimal_unit/1.

See Cldr.Unit.to_float_unit/1.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.round/1.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.round/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.round/3.

See Cldr.Unit.known_styles/0.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.sub/2.

See Cldr.Unit.Math.sub!/2.

Convert a float or integer t:Unit to a Decimal t:Unit.

Convert a Decimal or integer t:Unit to a float t:Unit.

@spec to_string(list_or_number :: value() | t() | [t()]) ::
  {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, {atom(), binary()}}

Formats a number into a string according to a unit definition for the current process's locale and backend.

The current process's locale is set with Cldr.put_locale/1.

See Cldr.Unit.to_string/3 for full details.

@spec to_string(
  value() | t() | [t()],
  Cldr.backend() | Keyword.t(),
  Keyword.t()
) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, {atom(), binary()}}

Formats a number into a string according to a unit definition for a locale.

During processing any :format_options of a Unit.t() are merged with options with options taking precedence.

Arguments

• list_or_number is any number (integer, float or Decimal) or a t:Cldr.Unit struct or a list of t:Cldr.Unit structs

• backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• options is a keyword list of options.

Options

• :unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0. Ignored if the number to be formatted is a t:Cldr.Unit struct

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/1 or a Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• style is one of those returned by Cldr.Unit.styles. The current styles are :long, :short and :narrow. The default is style: :long

• :grammatical_case indicates that a localisation for the given locale and given grammatical case should be used. See Cldr.Unit.known_grammatical_cases/0 for the list of known grammatical cases. Note that not all locales define all cases. However all locales do define the :nominative case, which is also the default.

• :gender indicates that a localisation for the given locale and given grammatical gender should be used. See Cldr.Unit.known_grammatical_genders/0 for the list of known grammatical genders. Note that not all locales define all genders.

• :list_options is a keyword list of options for formatting a list which is passed through to Cldr.List.to_string/3. This is only applicable when formatting a list of units.

• Any other options are passed to Cldr.Number.to_string/2 which is used to format the number

Returns

• {:ok, formatted_string} or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 123), MyApp.Cldr
{:ok, "123 gallons"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1), MyApp.Cldr
{:ok, "1 gallon"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1), MyApp.Cldr, locale: "af"
{:ok, "1 gelling"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1), MyApp.Cldr, locale: "bs"
{:ok, "1 galon"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1234), MyApp.Cldr, format: :long
{:ok, "1 thousand gallons"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1234), MyApp.Cldr, format: :short
{:ok, "1K gallons"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:megahertz, 1234), MyApp.Cldr
{:ok, "1,234 megahertz"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Cldr.Unit.new!(:megahertz, 1234), MyApp.Cldr, style: :narrow
{:ok, "1,234MHz"}

iex> unit = Cldr.Unit.new!(123, :foot)
iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string unit, MyApp.Cldr
{:ok, "123 feet"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string 123, MyApp.Cldr, unit: :foot
{:ok, "123 feet"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string Decimal.new(123), MyApp.Cldr, unit: :foot
{:ok, "123 feet"}

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string 123, MyApp.Cldr, unit: :megabyte, locale: "en", style: :unknown
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownFormatError, "The unit style :unknown is not known."}}

@spec to_string!(list_or_number :: value() | t() | [t()]) :: String.t() | no_return()

Formats a number into a string according to a unit definition for the current process's locale and backend or raises on error.

The current process's locale is set with Cldr.put_locale/1.

See Cldr.Unit.to_string!/3 for full details.

@spec to_string!(
  value() | t() | [t()],
  Cldr.backend() | Keyword.t(),
  Keyword.t()
) :: String.t() | no_return()

Formats a number into a string according to a unit definition for the current process's locale and backend or raises on error.

During processing any :format_options of a t:Cldr.Unit are merged with options with options taking precedence.

Arguments

• number is any number (integer, float or Decimal) or a t:Cldr.Unit struct

• backend is any module that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• options is a keyword list

Options

• :unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.known_units/0. Ignored if the number to be formatted is a t:Cldr.Unit struct

• :locale is any valid locale name returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/0 or a Cldr.LanguageTag struct. The default is Cldr.get_locale/0

• :style is one of those returned by Cldr.Unit.known_styles/0. The current styles are :long, :short and :narrow. The default is style: :long

• Any other options are passed to Cldr.Number.to_string/2 which is used to format the number

Returns

• formatted_string or

• raises an exception

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string! Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 123), MyApp.Cldr
"123 gallons"

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string! Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1), MyApp.Cldr
"1 gallon"

iex> Cldr.Unit.to_string! Cldr.Unit.new!(:gallon, 1), MyApp.Cldr, locale: "af"
"1 gelling"

See Cldr.Unit.known_units/0.

See Cldr.Unit.known_unit_categories/0.

@spec unit_category(t() | String.t() | atom()) ::
  {:ok, category()} | {:error, {module(), String.t()}}

Returns the units category for a given unit

Options

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

Returns

• {:ok, category} or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category :pint_metric
{:ok, :volume}

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category :stone
{:ok, :mass}

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category :watt
{:ok, :power}

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category "kilowatt hour"
{:ok, :energy}

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category "watt hour per light year"
{:error,
 {Cldr.Unit.UnknownCategoryError,
  "The category for \"watt hour per light year\" is not known."}}

Returns a mapping between Unit categories and the uses they define.

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.unit_category_usage()
%{
  area: [:default, :floor, :geograph, :land],
  concentration: [:blood_glucose, :default],
  consumption: [:default, :vehicle_fuel],
  duration: [:default, :media],
  energy: [:default, :food],
  length: [:default, :focal_length, :person, :person_height, :rainfall, :road,
   :snowfall, :vehicle, :visiblty],
  mass: [:default, :person],
  mass_density: [:default],
  power: [:default, :engine],
  pressure: [:baromtrc, :default],
  speed: [:default, :rainfall, :snowfall, :wind],
  temperature: [:default, :weather],
  volume: [:default, :fluid, :oil, :vehicle],
  year_duration: [:default, :person_age]
}

Validates a grammatical case and normalizes it to a standard downcased atom form

Validates a grammatical gender and normalizes it to a standard downcased atom form

Validates a unit style and normalizes it to a standard downcased atom form

Validates a unit name and normalizes it,

A unit name can be expressed as:

• an atom() in which case the unit must be localizable in CLDR directly

• or a t:String in which case it is parsed into a list of composable subunits that can be converted but are not guaranteed to be output as a localized string.

Arguments

• unit_name is an atom() or t:String, supplied as is or as part of an t:Cldr.Unit struct.

Returns

• {:ok, canonical_unit_name, conversion} where canonical_unit_name is the normalized unit name and conversion is an opaque structure used to convert this this unit into its base unit or

• {:error, {exception, reason}}

Notes

A returned unit_name that is an atom is directly localisable (CLDR has translation data for the unit).

A unit_name that is a t:String is composed of one or more unit names that need to be resolved in order for the unit_name to be localised.

The difference is an implementation detail and should not be of concern to the user of this library.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Unit.validate_unit :meter
{
  :ok,
  :meter,
  [meter: %Cldr.Unit.Conversion{base_unit: [:meter], factor: 1, offset: 0}]
}

iex> Cldr.Unit.validate_unit "meter"
{:ok, :meter,
 [meter: %Cldr.Unit.Conversion{base_unit: [:meter], factor: 1, offset: 0}]}

iex> Cldr.Unit.validate_unit "miles_per_liter"
{:error, {Cldr.UnknownUnitError, "Unknown unit was detected at \"s\""}}

iex> Cldr.Unit.validate_unit "mile_per_liter"
{:ok, "mile_per_liter",
 {[
    mile: %Cldr.Unit.Conversion{
      factor: Decimal.new("1609.3440"),
      offset: 0,
      base_unit: [:meter]
    }
  ],
  [
    liter: %Cldr.Unit.Conversion{
      factor: Decimal.new("0.001"),
      offset: 0,
      base_unit: [:cubic_meter]
    }
  ]}}

@spec value(unit :: t()) :: value()

Return the value of the Unit struct

Arguments

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

Returns

• an integer, float or Decimal representing the amount of the unit

Example

iex> Cldr.Unit.value Cldr.Unit.new!(:kilogram, 23)
23

Returns a new unit of the same unit type but with a zero value.

Argument

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

Example

iex> u = Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 23.3)
Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, "23.3")
iex> Cldr.Unit.zero(u)
Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 0)

Returns a boolean indicating whether a given unit has a zero value.

Argument

• unit is any unit returned by Cldr.Unit.new/2

Examples

iex> u = Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 23.3)
Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 23.3)
iex> Cldr.Unit.zero?(u)
false

iex> u = Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 0)
Cldr.Unit.new!(:foot, 0)
iex> Cldr.Unit.zero?(u)
true