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Frequently people post temperatures as Degrees F or C and converting between the two can be a pain. Most people convert starting with a Google of "Temperature Conversion" and find a site for converting all sorts of units including temperatures. You enter a temperature and click a button and a converted value appears.

I made a simple tool for doing simple temperature conversions without going to a website or dragging out a calculator trying to remember the formulas to get from Deg. C to F and F to C.

This is an extremely simple little program and the download may be found here:

http://www.bearblain.com/downloads.htm

The program is the My Temp. Converter link and the file downloads as a zip file. A little way down the page are some instructions. Relatively simple quick download and install. The program also includes an uninstaller if you want to trash it.

Please use the My Temp Converter link and not the other temp converter link. The other link was specific to something else and I don't want my case rattled!

<EDIT> Runs on Windows XP and Vista, not tested on anything else. </EDIT>

Ron

For the Windows-phobic, you're out of luck .. this appears to be a Windows-only exe.

It does run in Wine, but not properly:


Sadly, I've no idea how to fix it. Good thing most people run Windows.

Thanks for the tool, bud.

Thanks Jip. Yeah. the 41 is correct but the 15 should be -15. I did edit my original post to reflect I used it on Windows XP and Vista.

I really appreciate you taking the time to download and run it as well as post the screen shot. Thanks a bunch.

Ron

No problem .. I just wanted to see if I could get a random .exe to run in my wine installation, but I'm foiled (for now).

Can you send me the source? My contact info is in our folder (or just PM me and I'll give you my gmail). I'd like to see if I can figure out why it isn't working.

Linux users can install 'units' (available through both apt and rpm) to simplify conversions between almost any units.

Sent a PM as there isn't much there.

Ron

nice and simple, I like it.

thanks

Glad you like it, thanks.

Ron

Alternatively, just type "xxx degrees fahrenheit to celsius" or vice-versa in Google and it'll give you a conversion.

Thanks for that useful information!

Ron

F=(9/5)*C+32

No problem. Google actually does a lot more conversion than you'd think. The other day I used it to convert a pressure from psi to gigapascals.

Nice! Something you can fire up without having an internet connection is always a useful tool (weird. FF's spellcheck wanted internet capitalized. It's THE Internet I guess).

Setting up to go online while doing a common bench run is the last thing some really don't want to deal with...it's an inconvenience. Thus far, I've either used a calculator or gone to an On Line Convertor on Teh Internetz.

Yep, it is the Internet unless it is an Intranet. Capital I. Maybe we should consult Al Gore?

Yeah, I wrote it for me so I wouldn't have to go online and it comes in handy if I am converting several temperatures from C to F or F to C which is why I wrote it the way I did.

Ron

Actually, to convert for Farenhiet to Celsius is simple,

(Far/2)-13=Cel

To convert to the other way is just as simple,

(Cel+13)x2=Far

That really isn't a very good formula for temperature conversion. It is simple but not really very accurate dependent upon the converted temperature.

Starting with Ice Point of 32 degrees F:

32 / 2 = 16 and 16 - 13 = 3 (Should be 0)

Then:

50 / 2 = 25 and 25 - 13 = 12 (Should be 10)

Then:

100 / 2 = 50 and 50 - 13 = 37 (Should be 37.78 or 38 rounded)

Then:

200 / 2 = 100 and 100 - 13 = 87 (Should be 93.33)

Then:

400 / 2 = 200 and 200 - 13 = 187 (Should be 204.4)

The only place the formula comes close is at about 100 degrees F for conversion to degrees C.

The more popular conversion formulas are:



The latter formulas are what the little program uses. The formulas using 13 as some refrence will work but only accurately for a very limited span of numbers.

Ron

I think we should use kelvin.

Fahrenheit
[K] = ([°F] + 459.67) × 5â

OK, then you use the Kelvin scale. Meanwhile I'll try to find my original source code for that project and add Kelvin to things.

Seriously, I have no clue where I placed that code. It should be on one of these machines.

Ron

http://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/

Simple little prog that'll convert damn near anything...

That was a nice find. I loved the author's quote:



The original program was written strictly for temperatures but I like the version linked to. Programs like this are more a matter of time and patience than anything else, obviously Josh Madison had plenty of both.

Couple that with the fact he is NYC makes it even better. NYC people are among the best on the entire planet!

Ron

For those who are "Windows-phobic", I wrote a simple bash script to use



It does require bc for floating point operations, otherwise it wouldn't be precise enough. The rest is pretty easy to figure out. Just save the text above into any file, then run "chmod 775 file_name", and then "./file_name 45C" will give you proper result.