Length value type and object

Length type represents length (distance) values such as mm, cm, px, in, pt, etc.

Length values are constructed by following

Constructor functions

em
( v: int | float ) : length, these functions constructs length values of corresponding type.
ex
( v: int | float ) : length
pr
( v: int | float ) : length/percentage
fx
( v: int | float ) : length
px
( v: int | float ) : length
in
( v: int | float ) : length
cm
( v: int | float ) : length
mm
( v: int | float ) : length
pt
( v: int | float ) : length
pc
( v: int | float ) : length
dip
( v: int | float ) : length
length
( v: int | float, units: symbol ) : length

Constants

N/A

Properties

units
read-only, symbol, one of:

Methods

parse

( text: string [, defval: undefined ) : length | defval

static method (method of the class), parses text for the length value. In case of parsing failure returns value defined by defval.

make
( v: int | float, units: symbol ) : length

static function, constructs length of correspondent value and the unit symbol (above).

toString

( ) : string

Returns string representation of the value, e.g. "12.5pt", "1px", etc.

toInteger

( ) : int

Converts the length to integer.

toFloat

( [unit: symbol [, defvalue: any ]) : float

Converts the length to float. If unit is provided and its value is one of the units above then the result be float representation in that units. If conversion is not possible the defvalue is returned (or 0.0 if it is omitted)

morph

( lengthFrom, lengthTo, ratio ) : length

Computes the average length using the formula: (lengthTo - lengthFrom) * ratio + lengthFrom;