TPOUNDS

Updated 2023-11-09 19:15:17.743000

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[TPOUNDS] (
  <@Weight, float,>
 ,<@From_scale, nvarchar(4000),>)

Description

Use the scalar function TPOUNDS to convert from drams, grains, grams, hundredweights, ounces, pennyweights, pounds, stones, tonnes, tons troy pounds, or troy ounces to troy pounds.

Arguments

@From_scale

is the description of the units for @Weight. @From_scale must be a valid value as specified in weight unit representations. @From_scale must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar.

@Weight

is any real number. @Weight is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

Return Type

float

Remarks

The following table is a representation of the conversion of one of the weight units of measure into troy pounds:

{"columns":[{"field":"column 1"},{"field":"column 2","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"column 1":"grains","column 2":"0.00017361111"},{"column 1":"drams","column 2":"0.00474717881666667"},{"column 1":"ounces avoirdupois","column 2":"0.075954861083300"},{"column 1":"pounds avoirdupois","column 2":"1.215277775"},{"column 1":"stones","column 2":"17.01388885"},{"column 1":"hundredweights","column 2":"121.5277775"},{"column 1":"tons","column 2":"2430.55555"},{"column 1":"pennyweights","column 2":"0.004166667"},{"column 1":"ounces troy","column 2":"0.083333333"},{"column 1":"pounds troy","column 2":"1"},{"column 1":"grams","column 2":"0.00267922888333300"},{"column 1":"tonnes","column 2":"2679.22888333300"}]}

Conversion of grams includes all the standard prefixes with kilo representing 1,000 and yocto representing 10E-24.

Examples

select wct.TPOUNDS(100, 'lbs');

Here is the result set.

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121.5277775