Quantities example

This example shows quantities functionality.

The code

import quantities as pq

from pylatex import Document, Section, Subsection, Math, Quantity

if __name__ == '__main__':
    doc = Document()
    section = Section('Quantity tests')

    subsection = Subsection('Scalars with units')
    G = pq.constants.Newtonian_constant_of_gravitation
    moon_earth_distance = 384400 * pq.km
    moon_mass = 7.34767309e22 * pq.kg
    earth_mass = 5.972e24 * pq.kg
    moon_earth_force = G * moon_mass * earth_mass / moon_earth_distance**2
    q1 = Quantity(moon_earth_force.rescale(pq.newton),
                  options={'round-precision': 4, 'round-mode': 'figures'})
    math = Math(data=['F=', q1])
    subsection.append(math)
    section.append(subsection)

    subsection = Subsection('Scalars without units')
    world_population = 7400219037
    N = Quantity(world_population, options={'round-precision': 2,
                                            'round-mode': 'figures'},
                 format_cb="{0:23.17e}".format)
    subsection.append(Math(data=['N=', N]))
    section.append(subsection)

    subsection = Subsection('Scalars with uncertainties')
    width = pq.UncertainQuantity(7.0, pq.meter, .4)
    length = pq.UncertainQuantity(6.0, pq.meter, .3)
    area = Quantity(width * length, options='separate-uncertainty',
                    format_cb=lambda x: "{0:.1f}".format(float(x)))
    subsection.append(Math(data=['A=', area]))
    section.append(subsection)

    doc.append(section)
    doc.generate_pdf('quantities_ex', clean_tex=False)

The generated files

quantities_ex.tex
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\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}%
\usepackage{lmodern}%
\usepackage{textcomp}%
\usepackage{lastpage}%
\usepackage{amsmath}%
\usepackage[separate-uncertainty=true]{siunitx}%
\DeclareSIUnit\rpm{rpm}%
%
%
%
\begin{document}%
\normalsize%
\section{Quantity tests}%
\label{sec:Quantitytests}%
\subsection{Scalars with units}%
\label{subsec:Scalarswithunits}%
\[%
F= \SI[round-precision=4,round-mode=figures]{1.9820166063855052e+20}{\newton}%
\]

%
\subsection{Scalars without units}%
\label{subsec:Scalarswithoutunits}%
\[%
N= \num[round-precision=2,round-mode=figures]{7.40021903700000000e+09}%
\]

%
\subsection{Scalars with uncertainties}%
\label{subsec:Scalarswithuncertainties}%
\[%
A= \SI[separate-uncertainty]{42.0 +- 3.2}{\meter\tothe{2}}%
\]

%
\end{document}

quantities_ex.pdf

../_images/quantities_ex.pdf.png