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FlexPro Documentation 2025

Unit

Returns the unit of a data set as a quantity with the value 1.

Syntax

Unit(DataSet)

 

The syntax of the Unit function consists of the following parts:

Part

Description

DataSet

The data set whose unit is to be determined.

All data structures are allowed. All data types are permitted.

Remarks

As the result the function returns a scalar value of data type 64-bit floating point.

The unit is returned as a 64-bit floating point value of 1 with a unit. For aggregate data structures, only the Y component is considered.

If the argument is a list, then the function is executed for each element of the list and the result is also a list.

Available in

FlexPro Basic, Professional, Developer Suite

Examples

Unit(5.6 V)

Results in 1 V.

Unit({56 mV, 7.8 V})

Results in 1 mV.

AdjustUnit(Frequency, 1. / Unit(Time))

The 'Frequency' unit is transformed to the reciprocal value of the 'Time' unit.

See Also

AdjustUnit Function

UnitSymbol Function

SIUnits Function

UnitType Function

Unit Manager

Quantities in FPScript