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quanta.getvalue - Function

	Package	general
	Module	quanta
	Tool	quanta

get the internal value of a quantity

Synopsis
getvalue(v)

Arguments

v	in	quantity
		Allowed:	quantity or string or numeric

Returns
numeric scalar or array

Description
getvalue returns the internal value of a quantity. It also can handle an array of quantities.

Example

- tu := dq.quantity(-1.3, 'Jy')         # make quantity
- tu
[value=-1.3, unit=Jy] 
- dq.getvalue(tu)
-1.3 
- dq.getunit(tu)
Jy 
- a := dq.quantity("5m/s 7A")
- a::
[id=quant, shape=2] 
- dq.getvalue(a)
[5 7]