recipe_grid.units
: Unit conversions¶
Recipe Grid has a simple understanding of various cooking-related units and can perform simple conversions between units of the same kind. The complete list of units is:
Mass:
g, gram, grams
kg, kilo, kilos, kilogram, kilograms
lb, lbs, pound, pounds
oz, ozs, ounce, ounces
Volume:
l, litre
ml, mill, mills, milliliter, milliliters
tsp, tsps, teaspoons, teaspoon, tea spoon, tea spoons
tbsp, tbsps, tablespoon, tablespoons, table spoon, table spoons
cup, cups
pint, pints
Clove:
clove, cloves
Bulb:
bulb, bulbs
Can:
can, cans, tin, tins
Pinch:
pinch, pinches
Knob:
knob, knobs
Packet:
packet, packets, pack, packs
Box:
box, boxes, boxen
Bag:
bag, bags
Sack:
sack, sacks
Sachet:
sachet, sachets
Rasher:
rasher, rashers
Strip:
strip, strips
Conversions are possible betweeen units in the same sublist and names listed together are aliases for one another.
Note
This system is much less sophisticated than things like pint
but
consequently easier to understand and use for non-unit-conversion-related
tasks and also for less conventional measures (e.g. ‘cloves’).
Internal API¶
The Unit system is available in the recipe_grid.units.UNIT_SYSTEM
which is an instance of the following class:
- class recipe_grid.units.UnitSystem(unit_sets: Mapping[str, RelatedUnitSet])¶
A container of unit conversions.