Android Termux Script for complex Engineering Units ·

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An advance engineering unit converter with special benefit in converting complex compounded units as shown in the video.

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Steps required #

graph TD; A[📱 Get Android] --> B[📦 Install Termux] B --> C[🐍 Install Python] C --> D[⚙️ Install Python's Library] D --> E[🏃‍♂️ Run Script]

Calculator script #

import pint

## Initialize the unit registry
unt = pint.UnitRegistry(autoconvert_offset_to_baseunit=True, auto_reduce_dimensions=True)

print('Usage: quantity<space>fromUnit<space>toUnit', 'Type end to stop loop', sep='\n')

while True:
    try:
        tmp = input('Input quantity & units: ')
        if tmp == 'end':
            break
        tmp = tmp.split()
        if len(tmp) != 3:
            raise ValueError("Input must be in the format: quantity fromUnit toUnit")

        quantity = float(tmp[0])
        from_unit = unt(tmp[1])
        to_unit = unt(tmp[2])

        result = (quantity * from_unit).to(to_unit)
        print(result)

    except ValueError as ve:
        print(f"ValueError: {ve}")
    except pint.UndefinedUnitError as ue:
        print(f"UndefinedUnitError: {ue}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    # Reset the input loop if an error occurs
    print("Please try again.")

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