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[?] Avoid problem with Units Seconds vs. s?

Oliver Scholz
Posted 9 years ago

This ist only my first simple steps to build a computation to dimension an upload service. Even the first steps are not easy. If i am evaluating this:

uploadtime[filesize_, bandwidth_] := (filesize / bandwidth)
uploadtime[UnitConvert[Quantity[12770776, "Bytes"], "Megabits"], 
 Quantity[2.4, "Megabits"/"Seconds"]]

I am getting this:

Quantity[42.5693, "Seconds"]

If I am evaluating this:

Convert[Month, Second]

I am getting this:

2628000 Second

If I am mulitplying both results I am getting:

Second (Quantity[52560000, ("Megabits")/("Seconds")])

What am I doing wrong?
POSTED BY: Oliver Scholz
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You're mixing two packages, the built-in functionality and the one from (the very old) Units. Try not to use the Units package any more, everything is now built-in, use the functions:

UnitConvert  (*also to 'simplify' *)
Quantity
QuantityMagnitude
POSTED BY: Sander Huisman
Oliver Scholz
Oliver Scholz
Posted 9 years ago

The last evaluates to: Second (Quantity[52560000, ("Megabits")/("Seconds")]) Why is there a Megabits / Seconds and Second as an result. I would expect that Convert[Month, Second] should evaluate to something which is a number of Seconds.
POSTED BY: Oliver Scholz
Oliver Scholz
Oliver Scholz
Posted 9 years ago 
Convert[Month, Second]
Quantity[20, "Megabits"/"Seconds"]
%1 * %2
POSTED BY: Oliver Scholz

Welcome to Wolfram Community! Please make sure you know the rules and how to format code properly, which you can find here: https://wolfr.am/READ-1ST Not formatting your code can make it unusable to other members. Please respect forum rules.
POSTED BY: EDITORIAL BOARD

Can you try formatting your code? It's hard to read and I'm not sure I am understanding what you are doing.

You can format your code by highlighting and clicking the "code sample" button. The code sample button is the first button above the text input field:

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It looks like you are typing out "Second" by itself instead of typing Quantity[2628000, "Seconds"].
POSTED BY: Sean Clarke
Oliver Scholz
Oliver Scholz
Posted 9 years ago 
Needs["Units`"]
Convert[Month, Second]
Out[1] 2628000 Second
Quantity[20, "Megabits"/"Seconds"] * Convert[Month, Second]
Out[2] Second (Quantity[52560000, ("Megabits")/("Seconds")])

I expected to have only one unit of Seconds either Second or s and not both of them
POSTED BY: Oliver Scholz
POSTED BY: Sean Clarke
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