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Offset - Unit composition modifier

Description

The Offset is the numerical value by which the unit composition is modified from the base unit. For example °Celsius = (5/9)*(°Fahrenheit-32); Multiplier is 5/9 and Offset is –32.

Characteristics

Examples

This example shows you how to create a user-defined unit, add it to the user-defined library, and query the library.

1. Create a user-defined unit called celsius2, whose composition refers to fahrenheit, Multiplier property is 9/5, and Offset property is 32.

   unitObj = sbiounit('celsius2','fahrenheit',9/5,32); 

2. Add the unit to the user-defined library.

   sbioaddtolibrary(unitObj);
   

3. Query the Offset property.

   get(unitObj, 'Offset')
   
   ans =
   
   32

See Also

Composition, Multiplier, sbioaddtolibrary, sbioshowunits, sbiounit.

MATLAB^® functions get and set.

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