Unit

class manim_eng.units.Unit(symbol: str, latex: str | None = None, exponent: int | float = 1, prefix: bool = False)

Bases: object

An SI unit or prefix.

Parameters:

• symbol (str) – The symbol of the unit. For metres this would be ‘m’.

• latex (str, optional) – The latex math mode code to present the unit symbol. If not given, defaults to symbol.

• exponent (int | float, optional) – The exponent of the unit (e.g. 2 for \(m^{2}\)). Defaults to 1 if unspecified.

• prefix (bool, optional) – Whether the symbol is that of a prefix (e.g. ‘k’ for ‘kilo’) or that of a unit. Defaults to False if unspecified.

to_latex() → str

Return a LaTeX math mode string representation of the unit.