Getting a list of QuantityTypes their units and there abbrivation

[DSRCFeroz]

Hi, I am trying to create a list of the above-mentioned items as a list.
something like
{
Type:"Preassure",
Units:[
{UnitName: "pascal" , Abb: "Pa"}
{UnitName: "Atmosphere" , Abb: "ATM"}
]
}

can anyone give me a suggestion on how to get this list dynamically on runtime?

[angularsen]

Hi, take a look at Quantity and its static members like Quantity.Infos to get information about all quantities.
For information about a particular quantity, you can do Pressure.Info.

Did that help?

[DSRCFeroz]

@angularsen thanks for the quick reply.

I want to return a list of all the quantities and their unit and abbreviation

i have something like this :
List<UnitsDto> _units = new List<UnitsDto>(); QuantityType[] quantityTypes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(QuantityType)).Cast<QuantityType>().ToArray(); foreach (QuantityType unitValue in quantityTypes) { if (unitValue != QuantityType.Undefined) { QuantityInfo QtyInfo = Quantity.GetInfo(unitValue); _units.Add( new UnitsDto { Type = QtyInfo.Name, Units = QtyInfo.UnitNames }); } } return _units;

this gives me an output like:
{
"name": "Acceleration",
"unitNames": [
"CentimeterPerSecondSquared",
"DecimeterPerSecondSquared",
"FootPerSecondSquared",
"InchPerSecondSquared",
"KilometerPerSecondSquared",
"KnotPerHour",
"KnotPerMinute",
"KnotPerSecond",
"MeterPerSecondSquared",
"MicrometerPerSecondSquared",
"MillimeterPerSecondSquared",
"MillistandardGravity",
"NanometerPerSecondSquared",
"StandardGravity"
]
},
{
"name": "AmountOfSubstance",
"unitNames": [
"Centimole",
"CentipoundMole",
"Decimole",
"DecipoundMole",
"Kilomole",
"KilopoundMole",
"Megamole",
"Micromole",
"MicropoundMole",
"Millimole",
"MillipoundMole",
"Mole",
"Nanomole",
"NanopoundMole",
"PoundMole"
]
..., and so on.

is there any way to get abbreviations along with this?

[angularsen]

This seems to do something similar to what you're looking for:

Quantity
.Infos
.SelectMany(qi => qi.UnitInfos.Select(ui => new 
	{ 
		QuantityName = qi.Name,
		UnitName = ui.Name, 
		Abbreviations = string.Join("|", UnitAbbreviationsCache.Default.GetUnitAbbreviations(ui.Value.GetType(), Convert.ToInt32(ui.Value)))
	})
)
.GroupBy(x => x.QuantityName)

[DSRCFeroz]

That's brilliant....... with some slight changes based on my requirement it worked like a charm, Thank you so much.
Merry Christmas and happy new year.

[angularsen]

Happy to help, merry Christmas and happy new year to you too!