Set unitSystem conversion

[pvandriessche]

I'm trying to set a unitSystem for a Unit that was created in "Inch", when I call setUnitSystem('si') the unit system is corretly changed.
However when calling the format() the unit is still represented in Inch.
Is there a way to solve this?

This is the code

    var measure = math.unit("2 in")
    console.log(measure.formatUnits());
    //"in"
    measure.constructor.setUnitSystem("si");
    console.log("unit system :" + measure.constructor.getUnitSystem());
    // "unit system: si"
    console.log(measure.formatUnits());
    // "in" => should be "m"?

Thanks in advance!

[josdejong]

@ericman314 you assigned yourself to this issue, did you have a look at it?

[ericman314]

Sorry, I forgot about this. Perhaps before trying a fix for this, we should look more closely at #1300 and find a good solution there that will address this and other related issues.

[josdejong]

Yes I think so. There are also some other ideas for improvements of units floating around here and there (#1305, #1306, #1041, maybe others). Can be helpful to keep these in mind too.