zulip/contrib_bots/bots/converter

Converter bot

This bot allows users to perform conversions for various measurement units.

Usage

Run this bot as described in here.

Use this bot with the following command

@convert <number> <unit_from> <unit_to>

This will convert number, given in the unit unit_from, to the unit unit_to and print the result.

• number can be any floating-point number, e.g. 12, 13.05, 0.002.
• unit_from and unit_to are two units from the following table in the same category.
• unit_from and unit_to can be preceded by these prefixes.

Supported units

Category	Units
Area	square-centimeter (cm^2, cm2), square-decimeter (dm^2, dm2), square-meter (m^2, m2), square-kilometer (km^2, km2), square-inch (in^2, in2), square-foot (ft^2, ft2), square-yard (y^2, y2), square-mile (mi^2, mi2), are (a), hectare (ha), acre (ac)
Information	bit, byte
Length	centimeter (cm), decimeter (dm), meter (m), kilometer (km), inch (in), foot (ft), yard (y), mile (mi), nautical-mile (nmi)
Temperature	Kelvin (K), Celsius (C), Fahrenheit (F)
Volume	cubic-centimeter (cm^3, cm3), cubic-decimeter (dm^3, dm3), liter (l), cubic-meter (m^3, m3), cubic-inch (in^3, in3), fluid-ounce (fl-oz), cubic-foot (ft^3, ft3), cubic-yard (y^3, y3)
Weight	gram (g), kilogram (kg), ton (t), ounce (oz), pound (lb)
Cooking (metric only, U.S. and imperial units differ slightly)	teaspoon (tsp), tablespoon (tbsp), cup

Supported prefixes

Prefix	Power of 10
atto	10-18
pico	10-15
femto	10-12
nano	10-9
micro	10-6
milli	10-3
centi	10-2
deci	10-1
deca	101
hecto	102
kilo	103
mega	106
giga	109
tera	1012
peta	1015
exa	1018

Usage examples

Message	Response
@convert 12 celsius fahrenheit	12.0 celsius = 53.600054 fahrenheit
@convert 0.002 kilomile millimeter	0.002 kilomile = 3218688.0 millimeter
`@convert 31.5 square-mile ha	31.5 square-mile = 8158.4625 ha
@convert 56 g lb	56.0 g = 0.12345887 lb

Notes

• You can use multiple @convert statements in a message, the response will look accordingly:

• Enter @convert help to display a quick overview of the converter's functionality.

• For bits and bytes, the prefixes change the figure differently: 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes, 1 megabyte is 1048576 bytes, etc.