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[UDUNITS #TOB-790521]: exponential

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  • Subject: [UDUNITS #TOB-790521]: exponential
  • Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:40:13 -0700
Carwin,

> I have recently found that udunits (as far as I can tell) is unable to
> deal with taking an exponential.
> 
> Can you confirm this is the case?
> Is there room for extending udunits to handle it if so?

I'm not sure what you mean by "unable to deal with taking an exponential".

There is such a thing as a logarithmic unit (e.g., "decibel"). The original 
UDUNITS package doesn't support such units but the UDUNITS-2 package does.

> Thank you very much.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Carwyn
> 
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TOB-790521
Department: Support UDUNITS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed