Template:Convert/benefits

This is an information page about using Template:Convert.

The measurement-converter Template:Convert often provides many benefits, including:

• default conversion to the most-likely other unit, as readers would expect.
• typesetting the non-breaking space between amounts and unit symbols (joins "9 km").
• auto-rounding of amounts, such as converting "300" rounded to the nearest hundred.
• specifying significant digits, such as cases where "120" is exact, as sigfig=3.
• converting ranges, or sets of up to 4 amounts at once.
• converting fractions, such as: 2+¹⁄₂ feet (76 cm).
• tracking the use of various units, such as counting articles which use "cubic yards".
• similar calculations on other-language wikipedias, translating unit names into other languages (still in development).
• the default spelling is metre, kilometre and litre. To obtain the US spelling of meter, kilometer and liter one inserts "sp=us". This is the way one controls the spelling and maintains consistency within an article.

There are various other benefits, as well. Also read the ongoing discussions at Template_talk:Convert,
for requests to add more units into the total set of supported units.

See also

• Template:Convert - general documentation about using Convert features
• Help:Convert - other topics about using template Convert
• {{Convert/FAQ}} - some frequently-asked questions (FAQ) about features
• {{Convert/list of units}} - a list of the major units supported