Important: The convert/metric conversion routine has been deprecated. Use the superseding Units package instead.

convert( expr, metric ); will convert imperial measurements to metric measurements.

If a third parameter, imp or US, appears the measures specified will be taken to be imperial or U.S., respectively.

The following units are known to the convert function when it is called to convert from a non-metric expression to a metric one.

$\mathrm{convert}\left(4\mathrm{ft}+3\mathrm{inches}\,\mathrm{metric}\right)$

$\frac{6477m}{5000}$

$\mathrm{convert}\left(\mathrm{yards}\,\mathrm{metric}\right)$

$\frac{1143m}{1250}$

$\mathrm{convert}\left(5\mathrm{gallons}\,\mathrm{metric}\,\mathrm{imp}\right)$

$\frac{454609L}{20000}$

$\mathrm{convert}\left(5\mathrm{gallons}\,\mathrm{metric}\,\mathrm{US}\right)$

$18.92705892L$