User:Thespaceface/MetricFirst
Introduction
If imperial units are listed first, this script flips the words around to put metric first.
Examples
this script turns
- 55 miles (89 km)
- 500 feet (150 m)
- 95 °F (35 °C)
- 2.8 inches (71 mm)
into (respectively)
- 89 kilometres (55 mi)
- 150 metres (500 ft)
- 35 °C (95 °F)
- 71 millimetres (2.8 in)
Installation (English Wikipedia)
importScript("User:Thespaceface/MetricFirst.js");American Spelling Variant
There is an alternate version for this script that uses US Spelling standards (e.g., "Kilometer" vs. "Kilometre")
To Install that:
importScript("User:Thespaceface/MetricFirstAmericanSpelling.js");
Notes
- This script is not complete
- This script only works when both units are listed
- Numbers have to be written as digits
Source
see User:Thespaceface/MetricFirst.js and User:Thespaceface/MetricFirstAmericanSpelling.js