`baseUnits`

Base units of a system of units.

Category: Symbolic Computations in MATLAB > Units of Measurement

Syntax

b = baseUnits(system)

Returns the base units of the named system.

Description

Every other unit of a system is defined from its base units. The SI has seven: kilogram, second, meter, ampere, candela, mole and kelvin. All other SI units, such as the newton, are derived units; derivedUnits lists them.

Input arguments

system: Name of a unit system, such as 'SI'; see unitSystems.

Output arguments

b: Row vector of base units.

Example

Base units of the SI

baseUnits('SI')

Output

ans = 
[[kg], [s], [m], [A], [cd], [mol], [K]]

Notes

In MatLivre only 'SI' can be queried; the other built-in systems and user-defined systems raise an error.

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