The convert(u, 'units', unitFrom, unitTo) function multiplies the value u by the conversion factor from UnitFrom to UnitTo.

The units unitTo and unitFrom can be labeled in any way accepted by the Units package, for example, name, abbreviation, or symbol.

Note: Thermodynamic temperature conversions are for temperature intervals, not absolute temperatures. For example, 1 degree Celsius is converted to 1 kelvin, not 274.15 kelvin.  For conversions of absolute temperatures, use convert/temperature.

You can modify the properties of the conversion by including options opts. The opts argument can contain one or more of the following equations.

'energy'=truefalse

If this option is set to true, the conversion can be between energy units, not necessarily units with the same dimensions. Furthermore, UnitTo can be set to  to convert to a dimensionless quantity.  For more information about energy transformations, see Energy Conversions.

'symbolic'=truefalse

This option specifies whether annotations to units should be ignored.  By default, this option is set to false.