Convert a numerical object to a specific unit

Source: R/convert_to_unit.R

[Experimental]

convert_to_unit() allows you to convert a numerical object to different kind of units.

See the Units section for more information about the units that convert_to_unit() can handle.

convert_to_unit(x, from = "seconds", to = "hours")

Arguments

x

A numeric object.

from

A string indicating the unit of x (see the Units section to learn more) (default: "seconds").

to

(optional) a string indicating the desire output unit (see the Units section to learn more) (default: "hours").

Value

A numeric object representing the decimals hours x.

Units

Here are the units that convert_to_unit() can handle for now:

  • years.

  • weeks.

  • days.

  • hours.

  • minutes.

  • seconds.

  • milliseconds.

  • microseconds.

  • nanoseconds.

  • degrees.

  • radians.

See also

Other parsing/conversion functions: change_date()

Examples

convert_to_unit(60, "seconds", "minutes")
#> [1] 1
#> [1] 1

convert_to_unit(1, "minute", "hours")
#> [1] 0.01666667
#> [1] 0.01666667

convert_to_unit(1, "hour", "days")
#> [1] 0.04166667
#> [1] 0.0416666

convert_to_unit(1, "day", "weeks")
#> [1] 0.1428571
#> [1] 0.1428571

convert_to_unit(7, "days", "weeks")
#> [1] 1
#> [1] 1

convert_to_unit(1, "week", "days")
#> [1] 7
#> [1] 7