A class to convert km/h to mph and knots and vice-versa. It can also parse speeds in a text and return the text with corrected and converted speeds. See the live demo at http://ultralight-airplanes.info/yspeed.html for better idea what can it do.
var ySpeed = function() {
this.possibleMatches = [/\b\d+\s*kmh\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*mp\/h\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*nmph\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*kn\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*knot\b/ig,
/\b\d+\s*km\/h\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*mph\b/ig, /\b\d+\s*knots\b/ig];
// converts all values
// val = value to convert
// m = measure
this.convert = function(val, m) {
if(isNaN(val) || val=="" || val<0) return false;
switch(m) {
case 'km/h':
var kmh = val;
var mph = Math.round(val * 0.621 * 10) / 10;
var knots = Math.round(val * 0.54 * 10) / 10;
break;
case 'mph':
var mph = val;
var kmh = Math.round(val * 1.609 * 10) / 10;
var knots = Math.round(val * 0.869 * 10) / 10;
break;
case 'knots':
var knots = val;
var kmh = Math.round(val * 1.852 * 10) / 10;
var mph = Math.round(val * 1.151 * 10) / 10;
break;
}
return [kmh, mph, knots];
};
// normalizes pattern entered like X KNOTs, Y KM/H etc into a measure
// like kmh, mph, knot
// will also extract the number and return it too
this.normalize = function(m) {
measure = '';
// km/h
var matches = [this.possibleMatches[0], this.possibleMatches[5]];
for(var k=0; k<matches.length; k++) {
if(matches[k].test(m)) {
var num = parseFloat(m);
return [num, 'km/h'];
}
}
// mph
var matches = [this.possibleMatches[1], this.possibleMatches[6]];
for(var k=0; k<matches.length; k++) {
if(matches[k].test(m)) {
var num = parseFloat(m);
return [num, 'mph'];
}
}
// knots
var matches = [this.possibleMatches[2], this.possibleMatches[3], this.possibleMatches[4], this.possibleMatches[7]];
for(var k=0; k<matches.length; k++) {
if(matches[k].test(m)) {
var num = parseFloat(m);
return [num, 'knots'];
}
}
return [0,measure];
};
// parses text
// txt - text to parse
// measures - array of all units we want to convert to
this.parseText = function(html) {
var numPossibleMatches = this.possibleMatches.length;
var finalHTML = html;
for(var i=0; i < numPossibleMatches; i++) {
var pattern = this.possibleMatches[i];
var matches = html.match(pattern);
if(!matches) continue;
var numMatches = matches.length;
for(var j=0; j<numMatches; j++) {
// extract measure of this match
result = this.normalize(matches[j]);
// now replace the match in the text with:
// 1) text with proper measure
// 2) text in braces adding the other required measures
var braces = " (";
var vals = this.convert(result[0], result[1]);
switch(result[1]) {
case 'km/h': // we have it in km/h
braces += vals[1]+' mph / '+ vals[2]+' knots';
break;
case 'mph': // we have it in mph
braces += vals[0]+' km/h/ ' + vals[2]+' knots';
break;
case 'knots': // we have it in knots
braces += vals[0]+' km/h / '+ vals[1]+' mph';
break;
}
braces += ")";
var replacement = result[0]+' '+result[1] + braces;
finalHTML = finalHTML.replace(matches[j], replacement);
}
}
return finalHTML;
}
}
This is a class so you need to create an instance. Call the parseText method to parse text and return it fixed and with converted speeds in braces. See the live demo above for more info and code samples.
Yeah, the main purpose is to use it on sites so people don't have to do conversion manually. You can write an article in your preferred metric system and just have the script add in braces the corresponding speeds.