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February 7, 2014 02:22
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Turn SI prefixes into multipliers
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function makeUnprefixed(siUnitWithPrefix) { | |
console.log(siUnitWithPrefix); | |
var fullPrefixes = ['yotta', 'zeta', 'exa', 'peta', 'tera', 'giga', 'mega', 'kilo', 'hecto', 'deca', 'deci', 'centi', 'milli', 'micro', 'nano', 'pico', 'femto', 'atto', 'zepto', 'yocto'] | |
var prefixes = ['Y', 'Z', 'E', 'P', 'T', 'G', 'M', 'k', 'h', 'da', 'd', 'c', 'm', 'u', 'n', 'p', 'f', 'a', 'z', 'y']; | |
var factors = [24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, 2, 1, -1, -2, -3, -6, -9, -12, -15, -18, -21, -24]; | |
siUnitWithPrefix = siUnitWithPrefix.toLowerCase(); | |
var multiplier = 1; | |
for (var i = 0; i < fullPrefixes.length; i++) { | |
if (siUnitWithPrefix.indexOf(fullPrefixes[i]) === 0) { | |
multiplier = Math.pow(10, factors[i]); | |
break; | |
} else if (siUnitWithPrefix.indexOf(factors[i]) === 0) { | |
multiplier = Math.pow(10, factors[i]); | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
return multiplier; | |
} |
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