Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Details|Module:Val/units#Flags}} This page publishes {{tl|Val}} units, configured and explained in detail at ''{{big|Module:Val/units}}''. When you enter a ''unit code..."

2020-10-22T17:15:07Z

Created page with "{{Details|Module:Val/units#Flags}} This page publishes {{tl|Val}} units, configured and explained in detail at ''{{big|Module:Val/units}}''. When you enter a ''unit code..."

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{{Details|Module:Val/units#Flags}}

This page publishes {{tl|Val}} units, configured and explained in detail at ''{{big|[[Module:Val/units]]}}''.

When you enter a ''unit code'' to one of Val's four unit parameter{{mdash}}{{para|u}}, {{para|up}}, {{para|ul}} or {{para|upl}}{{mdash}} the unit code is translated as shown in this report. This report is generated by <code><nowiki>{{Val|action=list}}</nowiki></code>.

The unit code at the beginning of the line ''equates'' to the markup and link of a unit.
The link should record the best possible link found on the wiki, including any section of a pagename.
The markup that displays the scientific, standard symbol may be hidden in the wikilink label here, but {{edit|Module:Val/units|see it at Module:Val/units}}.

Val and {{tl|Convert}} are the two templates that use ''unit code''s.
Val uses all of [[Template:Convert#Units|Convert unit codes]],
and adds as many more as may be needed for scientific expressions on the wiki.
Most of the units here are simply unnecessary for conversion.
But sometimes a unit code here is added to override the same unit code at Convert
where necessary to prioritize Val's scientific orientation over Convert's conversion orientation.

Val/units can configure more than just the above minimal definition of a unit code, and this report reflects that too.
It can configure how such Val expressions are [[Help:table#Sortable tables|sorted in a wikitable]],
how units are spaced, and can explicitly mark a unit code already defined at Convert that may be tempting to redefine unnecessarily. These configuration indicators, shown after the "•" symbol, are
* SI or a number: the unit is configured for sorting
* ALIAS already defined at Convert
* ANGLE or NOSPACE to fulfill special markup needs for certain units
Most of these indicators are just for sorting. SI is marker that means a sorting factor is automatically scaled to the SI system of units, whereas a number is a manual method or scaling the unit to its associated measurement number in the Val expression. Where a unit is not marked as configured for sorting, it could be sorted by Convert.

{{val|action=list}}

=sandbox action=list=
{{val/sandboxlua|action=list}}

=sandbox action=list|a=convert=
{{val/sandboxlua|action=list|a=convert}}

=sandbox action=list|a=unknown=
{{val/sandboxlua|action=list|a=unknown}}

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Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Details|Module:Val/units#Flags}} This page publishes {{tl|Val}} units, configured and explained in detail at ''{{big|Module:Val/units}}''. When you enter a ''unit code..."