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		darkstarsys on Jan 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GNU Units Not the unit definitions in a spreadsheet; I'd like a spreadsheet where each cell has not just a number, but a number with its unit. Formulas would be evaluated the way `units` does it. B1=3m; B2=4s; B3="=B1/B2" would give as value of B3 "0.75 m/s".

alanbernstein on Jan 7, 2021 [–]

Ah, sure, that would be great. I'd say it would be useful in text based programming environments too though.

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