A Python library to format, parse, and convert numbers from meters to maghi.

Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

One second is the time that elapses during 9.192631770 x 10E9 cycles of the radiation produced by the transition between two levels of the cesium-133 atom.

What the hell is even that? How could you ever recreate a precise meter if you found yourself in a forest alone or shipwrecked on a desert island? Important questions. But the International System of Units doesn't care about you.

How do you define a Mago? Simple enough! That's his height:

Of course, you'll have already figured the advantages of such unit of measurement:

• Simple and immediate definition
• The size of a Niccolò is UNIVERSALLY known on Planet Earth
• This Niccolò has always existed and forever will
• Its length is unchanged since the dawn of time and is extremely stable (contrary to a standard meter) to:
  • Thermal variations
  • Mechanical fatigue
  • Aging and degradation
  • Chemical stress
  • Verbal abuse
  • Intense math classes (up to 8 hours of continued exposure)
  • Electromagnetic radiation
  • Ionizing radiation (under testing)
• If you dip a meter in Nutella it'll be ruined, a Mago will smile and thank you
• Conversion between meters and maghi is very straightforward
• A handy Python library is available to help migrate the world from metric to magic

• We denote a mago with the character: ℳ
• One ℳ equals approximately 1.93 meters
• All the standard multiples and submultiples apply:

  Prefix	Name	Factor
  p	pico	1e-12
  n	nano	1e-9
  µ, u	micro	1e-6
  m	milli	1e-3
  c	centi	1e-2
  d	deci	1e-1
  		1e0
  da	deca	1e1
  h	etto	1e2
  k, K	kilo	1e3
  M	mega	1e6
  G	giga	1e9
  T	tera	1e12

Ensure you have Python and Pip installed in your system and run:

pip install magolib

Alternatively, you can clone this repository, cd into it, and run pip install .

First off, import magolib:

import magolib

Next, you can perform all these operations:

>>> magolib.meters_to_maghi(1.0)
0.5181347150259068
>>> magolib.meters_to_maghi(-0.58)
-0.3005181347150259
>>> magolib.meters_to_maghi(2.3e4)
11917.098445595855

>>> magolib.maghi_to_meters(1.0)
1.93
>>> magolib.maghi_to_meters(-42.5)
-82.02499999999999
>>> magolib.maghi_to_meters(1.9e-2)
0.03667

>>> magolib.format_maghi(1.0)
'1.00 ℳ  (maghi)'
>>> magolib.format_maghi(3.4e-10)
'340.00 pℳ  (picomaghi)'
>>> magolib.format_maghi(23e6)
'23.00 Mℳ  (megamaghi)'

>>> magolib.convert_maghi(1.0, '', 'k')
0.001
>>> magolib.convert_maghi(5, 'h', '')
500.0
>>> magolib.convert_maghi(7.2, 'm', 'u')
7200.000000000001

>>> magolib.parse_meters('-2e3 km')
-2000000.0
>>> magolib.parse_meters('1 m')
1.0
>>> magolib.parse_meters('.3 dm')
0.03
>>> magolib.parse_meters('-2e3 km')
-2000000.0

>>> magolib.parse_maghi('1ℳ')
1.0
>>> magolib.parse_maghi('1M')
1.0
>>> magolib.parse_maghi('3 mM')
0.003

Note: here for simplicity you can use an uppercase 'M' in place of the symbol 'ℳ'