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wolph / alfred-converter

Alfred unit converter is a smart calculator for Alfred with support for unit conversions to make it a bit comparable to the Google Calculator and Wolfram Alpha.
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inches to feet-inches? #18

Closed defenestrated closed 4 years ago

defenestrated commented 4 years ago

Hey – awesome tool, first off. Leagues faster/easier than the other converters out there.

Quick question, how hard would it be to add support in both directions for feet-inches in fractions, which is common in architecture? I'm imagining expanding on what you have for feet-inches already: 4'2" -> 50" (works) 4'2.3" -> 50.3" 4'2-1/4" -> 50.25" 50.125" -> 4'2-1/8"

wolph commented 4 years ago

I've updated the workflow to get the first 3 working already. The last one will take slightly more work but should be doable as well :)

defenestrated commented 4 years ago

daaang that was fast! so cool! the fractional part is the part that stumped me... I have dim memories of programming such a thing in a ti-83 calculator in high school -.-

wolph commented 4 years ago

I can't say it's perfect yet but I've added fractional support now

The 4'2-1/4" will result in foot 4 inch 9/4 right now. I need to think of something to reduce the fractions further.

wolph commented 4 years ago

The new version shows both proper and improper fractional results so that should be good enough :)

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Note that the order is decided by Alfred. If you select one of the results (press enter) it will end up closer to the top the next time

defenestrated commented 4 years ago

rad! thanks so much! next time you're in san francisco, I owe you a beer =)