Mile Class |
Represents a mile, a unit of Length in the English System.
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: InnerDrive.Quantitative.Units
Assembly: InnerDrive.Quantitative (in InnerDrive.Quantitative.dll) Version: 5.0.8475.0
SyntaxC#
[SerializableAttribute] [EnglishAttribute] public class Mile : Unit
The Mile type exposes the following members.
ConstructorsProperties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AppliesTo |
Gets the Type of measurement that this Unit
applies to.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| BaseFormat |
Gets the default format for displaying quantities of the unit.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| Conversions |
Provides the list of conversion factors for this Unit
to the ConversionCache.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| Dimensions |
Gets the number of dimensions this Unit represents.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| Name |
Gets the name of the Unit.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| NamePlural |
Gets the name of the Unit when it represents
any quantity other than 1.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| Symbol |
Gets the symbol or abbreviation of the Unit.
(Inherited from Unit) |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CreateConversionList |
When implemented in derived classes, causes the Unit to assemble
its list of conversion factors to other units.
(Overrides UnitCreateConversionList) |
 | Equals |
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the
current Unit.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHashCode |
Serves as a hash function for a particular type,
suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures
like a hash table.
(Inherited from Unit) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ToString |
Gets the String representation of this Unit.
(Inherited from Unit) |
RemarksThe conversion factors in this class are based on the international mile,
which is exactly 5280 international feet, or about 1609.344
meters. This differs from the slightly longer survey mile
(1609.347 m), which is based on 5280 survey feet.
Defined conversions:
| Target unit | Factor |
|---|---|
| Foot | 5 280 |
| Inch | 63 360 |
| Meter | 1 609.344 |
| Mile | 1 |
| MileNautical | 0.869 565 217 4 |
| Yard | 1 760 |
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