QgsUnitTypes Class Reference

Helper functions for various unit types. More...

#include <qgsunittypes.h>

Classes
struct	AreaValue
	A combination of area value and unit. More...
struct	DistanceValue
	A combination of distance value and unit. More...

Public Types
typedef QList< Qgis::RenderUnit >	RenderUnitList
	List of render units.

Static Public Member Functions
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::DistanceUnit	areaToDistanceUnit (Qgis::AreaUnit areaUnit)
	Converts an area unit to its corresponding distance unit, e.g., square meters to meters.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::AngleUnit	decodeAngleUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes an angular unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::AreaUnit	decodeAreaUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes an areal unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::DistanceUnit	decodeDistanceUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a distance unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::LayoutUnit	decodeLayoutUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a layout unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::RenderUnit	decodeRenderUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a render unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::TemporalUnit	decodeTemporalUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a temporal unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::UnitType	decodeUnitType (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a unit type from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::VolumeUnit	decodeVolumeUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Decodes a volume unit from a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::AreaUnit	distanceToAreaUnit (Qgis::DistanceUnit distanceUnit)
	Converts a distance unit to its corresponding area unit, e.g., meters to square meters.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::VolumeUnit	distanceToVolumeUnit (Qgis::DistanceUnit distanceUnit)
	Converts a distance unit to its corresponding volume unit, e.g., meters to cubic meters.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::AngleUnit unit)
	Encodes an angular unit to a string.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::AreaUnit unit)
	Encodes an areal unit to a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::DistanceUnit unit)
	Encodes a distance unit to a string.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::LayoutUnit unit)
	Encodes a layout unit to a string.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::RenderUnit unit)
	Encodes a render unit to a string.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::TemporalUnit unit)
	Encodes a temporal unit to a string.
static QString	encodeUnit (Qgis::VolumeUnit unit)
	Encodes a volume unit to a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	encodeUnitType (Qgis::UnitType type)
	Encodes a unit type to a string.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	formatAngle (double angle, int decimals, Qgis::AngleUnit unit)
	Returns an angle formatted as a friendly string.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	formatArea (double area, int decimals, Qgis::AreaUnit unit, bool keepBaseUnit=false)
	Returns an area formatted as a friendly string.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	formatDistance (double distance, int decimals, Qgis::DistanceUnit unit, bool keepBaseUnit=false)
	Returns an distance formatted as a friendly string.
static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (Qgis::AngleUnit fromUnit, Qgis::AngleUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified angular units.
static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (Qgis::AreaUnit fromUnit, Qgis::AreaUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified areal units.
static Q_INVOKABLE double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (Qgis::DistanceUnit fromUnit, Qgis::DistanceUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified distance units.
static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (Qgis::TemporalUnit fromUnit, Qgis::TemporalUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified temporal units.
static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (Qgis::VolumeUnit fromUnit, Qgis::VolumeUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified volume units.
static Q_INVOKABLE QgsUnitTypes::AreaValue	scaledArea (double area, Qgis::AreaUnit unit, int decimals, bool keepBaseUnit=false)
	Will convert an area with a given unit to an area value which is nice to display.
static Q_INVOKABLE QgsUnitTypes::DistanceValue	scaledDistance (double distance, Qgis::DistanceUnit unit, int decimals, bool keepBaseUnit=false)
	Will convert a distance with a given unit to a distance value which is nice to display.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::AreaUnit	stringToAreaUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Converts a translated string to an areal unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::DistanceUnit	stringToDistanceUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Converts a translated string to a distance unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::TemporalUnit	stringToTemporalUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Converts a translated string to a temporal unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::VolumeUnit	stringToVolumeUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=nullptr)
	Converts a translated string to a volume unit.
static QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::AreaUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing an areal unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::DistanceUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing a distance unit.
static QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::LayoutUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing a layout unit (e.g.
static QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::RenderUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing a render unit.
static QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::TemporalUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing a temporal unit.
static QString	toAbbreviatedString (Qgis::VolumeUnit unit)
	Returns a translated abbreviation representing a volume unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::AngleUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing an angular unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::AreaUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing an areal unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE QString	toString (Qgis::DistanceUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a distance unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::LayoutUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a layout unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::RenderUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a render unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::TemporalUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a temporal unit.
static QString	toString (Qgis::VolumeUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a volume unit.
static Qgis::DistanceUnitType	unitType (Qgis::AreaUnit unit)
	Returns the type for an areal unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::DistanceUnitType	unitType (Qgis::DistanceUnit unit)
	Returns the type for a distance unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::LayoutUnitType	unitType (Qgis::LayoutUnit units)
	Returns the type for a unit of measurement.
static Qgis::DistanceUnitType	unitType (Qgis::VolumeUnit unit)
	Returns the type for an volume unit.
static Q_INVOKABLE Qgis::DistanceUnit	volumeToDistanceUnit (Qgis::VolumeUnit volumeUnit)
	Converts a volume unit to its corresponding distance unit, e.g., cubic meters to meters.

Detailed Description

Helper functions for various unit types.

Definition at line 38 of file qgsunittypes.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

RenderUnitList

typedef QList<Qgis::RenderUnit> QgsUnitTypes::RenderUnitList

List of render units.

Definition at line 81 of file qgsunittypes.h.

Member Function Documentation

areaToDistanceUnit()

Qgis::DistanceUnit QgsUnitTypes::areaToDistanceUnit ( Qgis::AreaUnit  areaUnit )

static

Converts an area unit to its corresponding distance unit, e.g., square meters to meters.

Parameters

areaUnit

area unit to convert

Returns

matching distance unit

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 1628 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeAngleUnit()

Qgis::AngleUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeAngleUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes an angular unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Definition at line 2733 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeAreaUnit()

Qgis::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeAreaUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes an areal unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Definition at line 964 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeDistanceUnit()

Qgis::DistanceUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeDistanceUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a distance unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Definition at line 325 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeLayoutUnit()

Qgis::LayoutUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeLayoutUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a layout unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Definition at line 3521 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeRenderUnit()

Qgis::RenderUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeRenderUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a render unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Definition at line 3426 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeTemporalUnit()

Qgis::TemporalUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeTemporalUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a temporal unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1703 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeUnitType()

Qgis::UnitType QgsUnitTypes::decodeUnitType ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a unit type from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded unit type

See also

encodeUnitType()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 49 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

decodeVolumeUnit()

Qgis::VolumeUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeVolumeUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Decodes a volume unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

decoded units

See also

encodeUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2158 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

distanceToAreaUnit()

Qgis::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::distanceToAreaUnit ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  distanceUnit )

static

Converts a distance unit to its corresponding area unit, e.g., meters to square meters.

Parameters

distanceUnit

distance unit to convert

Returns

matching areal unit

Definition at line 1548 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

distanceToVolumeUnit()

Qgis::VolumeUnit QgsUnitTypes::distanceToVolumeUnit ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  distanceUnit )

static

Converts a distance unit to its corresponding volume unit, e.g., meters to cubic meters.

Parameters

distanceUnit

distance unit to convert

Returns

matching volume unit

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2542 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [1/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::AngleUnit  unit )

static

Encodes an angular unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeAngleUnit()

Definition at line 2707 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [2/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::AreaUnit  unit )

static

Encodes an areal unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeAreaUnit()

Definition at line 930 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [3/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit )

static

Encodes a distance unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeDistanceUnit()

Definition at line 163 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [4/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::LayoutUnit  unit )

static

Encodes a layout unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeLayoutUnit()

Definition at line 3497 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [5/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::RenderUnit  unit )

static

Encodes a render unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeRenderUnit()

Definition at line 3402 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [6/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::TemporalUnit  unit )

static

Encodes a temporal unit to a string.

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeTemporalUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1671 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnit() [7/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  unit )

static

Encodes a volume unit to a string.

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeVolumeUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2677 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

encodeUnitType()

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnitType ( Qgis::UnitType  type )

static

Encodes a unit type to a string.

Returns

encoded string

See also

decodeUnitType()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 26 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

formatAngle()

QString QgsUnitTypes::formatAngle ( double  angle, int  decimals, Qgis::AngleUnit  unit  )

static

Returns an angle formatted as a friendly string.

Parameters

angle	angle to format
decimals	number of decimal places to show. A value of -1 indicates that an appropriate number of decimal places should automatically be selected.
unit	unit of angle

Returns

formatted angle string

Definition at line 3003 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

formatArea()

QString QgsUnitTypes::formatArea ( double  area, int  decimals, Qgis::AreaUnit  unit, bool  keepBaseUnit = false  )

static

Returns an area formatted as a friendly string.

Parameters

area	area to format
decimals	number of decimal places to show
unit	unit of area
keepBaseUnit	set to false to allow conversion of large areas to more suitable units, e.g., square meters to square kilometers

Returns

formatted area string

See also

formatDistance()

Definition at line 3382 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

formatDistance()

QString QgsUnitTypes::formatDistance ( double  distance, int  decimals, Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit, bool  keepBaseUnit = false  )

static

Returns an distance formatted as a friendly string.

Parameters

distance	distance to format
decimals	number of decimal places to show
unit	unit of distance
keepBaseUnit	set to false to allow conversion of large distances to more suitable units, e.g., meters to kilometers

Returns

formatted distance string

See also

formatArea()

Definition at line 3362 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

fromUnitToUnitFactor() [1/5]

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor ( Qgis::AngleUnit  fromUnit, Qgis::AngleUnit  toUnit  )

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified angular units.

Parameters

fromUnit	angle unit to convert from
toUnit	angle unit to convert to

Returns

multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 2790 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

fromUnitToUnitFactor() [2/5]

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor ( Qgis::AreaUnit  fromUnit, Qgis::AreaUnit  toUnit  )

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified areal units.

Parameters

fromUnit	area unit to convert from
toUnit	area unit to convert to

Returns

multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 1111 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

fromUnitToUnitFactor() [3/5]

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  fromUnit, Qgis::DistanceUnit  toUnit  )

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified distance units.

Parameters

fromUnit	distance unit to convert from
toUnit	distance unit to convert to

Returns

multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 866 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

fromUnitToUnitFactor() [4/5]

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor ( Qgis::TemporalUnit  fromUnit, Qgis::TemporalUnit  toUnit  )

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified temporal units.

Note

Conversion to or from month units assumes a 30 day month length.

Conversion to or from year based units assumes a 365.25 day year length.

Parameters

fromUnit	temporal unit to convert from
toUnit	temporal unit to convert to

Returns

multiplication factor to convert between units

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1843 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

fromUnitToUnitFactor() [5/5]

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  fromUnit, Qgis::VolumeUnit  toUnit  )

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified volume units.

Parameters

fromUnit	volume unit to convert from
toUnit	volume unit to convert to

Returns

multiplication factor to convert between units

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2292 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

scaledArea()

QgsUnitTypes::AreaValue QgsUnitTypes::scaledArea ( double  area, Qgis::AreaUnit  unit, int  decimals, bool  keepBaseUnit = false  )

static

Will convert an area with a given unit to an area value which is nice to display.

It will convert between different units (e.g. from square meters to square kilometers) if appropriate, unless forced otherwise with keepBaseUnit. The value will also be rounded to decimals (be prepared that the returned value is still a double so it will require further formatting when converting to a string).

Definition at line 3166 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

scaledDistance()

QgsUnitTypes::DistanceValue QgsUnitTypes::scaledDistance ( double  distance, Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit, int  decimals, bool  keepBaseUnit = false  )

static

Will convert a distance with a given unit to a distance value which is nice to display.

It will convert between different units (e.g. from meters to kilometers or millimeters) if appropriate, unless forced otherwise with keepBaseUnit. The value will also be rounded to decimals (be prepared that the returned value is still a double so it will require further formatting when converting to a string).

Definition at line 3052 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

stringToAreaUnit()

Qgis::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::stringToAreaUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Converts a translated string to an areal unit.

Parameters

string	string representing an areal unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

the area unit

See also

toString()

Definition at line 1072 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

stringToDistanceUnit()

Qgis::DistanceUnit QgsUnitTypes::stringToDistanceUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Converts a translated string to a distance unit.

Parameters

string	string representing a distance unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

the distance unit

See also

toString()

Definition at line 680 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

stringToTemporalUnit()

Qgis::TemporalUnit QgsUnitTypes::stringToTemporalUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Converts a translated string to a temporal unit.

Parameters

string	string representing a volume unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

the temporal unit

See also

toString()

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1805 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

stringToVolumeUnit()

Qgis::VolumeUnit QgsUnitTypes::stringToVolumeUnit ( const QString &  string, bool *  ok = nullptr  )

static

Converts a translated string to a volume unit.

Parameters

string	string representing a volume unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns

the volume unit

See also

toString()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2255 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [1/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::AreaUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing an areal unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also

stringToAreaUnit()

Definition at line 1038 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [2/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing a distance unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also

stringToDistanceUnit()

Definition at line 586 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [3/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::LayoutUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing a layout unit (e.g.

"mm").

Definition at line 3572 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [4/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::RenderUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing a render unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

Since

QGIS 3.8

Definition at line 553 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [5/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::TemporalUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing a temporal unit.

See also

stringToTemporalUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1773 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toAbbreviatedString() [6/6]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toAbbreviatedString ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated abbreviation representing a volume unit.

See also

stringToVolumeUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2224 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [1/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::AngleUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing an angular unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

Definition at line 2764 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [2/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::AreaUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing an areal unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also

stringToAreaUnit()

Definition at line 1004 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [3/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a distance unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also

stringToDistanceUnit()

Definition at line 396 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [4/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::LayoutUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a layout unit.

Definition at line 3596 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [5/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::RenderUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a render unit.

Definition at line 3463 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [6/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::TemporalUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a temporal unit.

See also

stringToTemporalUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.14

Definition at line 1741 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

toString() [7/7]

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a volume unit.

See also

stringToVolumeUnit()

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2194 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

unitType() [1/4]

Qgis::DistanceUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( Qgis::AreaUnit  unit )

static

Returns the type for an areal unit.

Definition at line 136 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

unitType() [2/4]

Qgis::DistanceUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( Qgis::DistanceUnit  unit )

static

Returns the type for a distance unit.

Definition at line 73 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

unitType() [3/4]

Qgis::LayoutUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( Qgis::LayoutUnit  units )

static

Returns the type for a unit of measurement.

Definition at line 3552 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

unitType() [4/4]

Qgis::DistanceUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  unit )

static

Returns the type for an volume unit.

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2655 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

volumeToDistanceUnit()

Qgis::DistanceUnit QgsUnitTypes::volumeToDistanceUnit ( Qgis::VolumeUnit  volumeUnit )

static

Converts a volume unit to its corresponding distance unit, e.g., cubic meters to meters.

Parameters

volumeUnit

volume unit to convert

Returns

matching distance unit

Since

QGIS 3.10

Definition at line 2625 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

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• /build/qgis-3.40.0+99sid/src/core/qgsunittypes.cpp