module for unit/weight-and-measure conversions?

seattlejohn has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Fellow monks,

I could've sworn I once saw a Perl module that would do unit conversions for various types of weights and measures -- things like pounds and ounces to decimal pounds, or inches to centimeters, etc. But I can't seem to find any such beast on CPAN or via super search, so I'm beginning to think I just imagined the whole thing.

It would be easy enough for me to whip up some code to do this, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if it already exists and I'm just being too dense to find it right now. Any pointers?

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Re: module for unit/weight-and-measure conversions? by ehdonhon (Curate) on Apr 15, 2002 at 22:13 UTC
Convert::Units???	[reply]
Re: module for unit/weight-and-measure conversions? by gav^ (Curate) on Apr 15, 2002 at 22:13 UTC
Data::Dimensions might be what you're looking for gav^	[reply]
Re: module for unit/weight-and-measure conversions? by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 16, 2002 at 01:40 UTC
If you don't have to have it done in perl and have `units` installed you can run that and parse the results (see `man 1 units` for details on how to run it and what the output means).	[reply] [d/l] [select]