BioSimSpace.Types.Energy

class BioSimSpace.Types.Energy(*args)

An energy type.

__init__(*args)

Constructor.

*args can be a value and unit, or a string representation of the energy, e.g. “78.4 kcal/mol”.

Parameters
  • value (float) – The value.

  • unit (str) – The unit.

  • string (str) – A string representation of the energy.

Examples

Create an object representing an energy of -1038 kilo calories per mol and print the energy in kilo joules per mol.

>>> import BioSimSpace as BSS
>>> energy = BSS.Types.Energy(-1038, "kcal/mol")
>>> print(energy.kj_per_mol())

The same as above, except passing a string representation of the energy to the constructor.

>>> import BioSimSpace as BSS
>>> energy = BSS.Types.Energy("-1038 kcal/mol")
>>> print(energy.kj_per_mol())

The string matching is extremeley flexible, so all of the following would be valid arguments: “-1038 kcal/mol”, “-1.038e3 kcal/mol”, “-1038 kilo cal per mol”.

Methods

__init__(*args)

Constructor.

angle()

Return the power in the ‘angle’ dimension.

charge()

Return the power in the ‘charge’ dimension.

dimensions()

Return the dimensions of this type.

kcal_per_mol()

Return the energy in kcal per mol.

kj_per_mol()

Return the energy in kJ per mol.

kt()

Return the energy in KT.

length()

Return the power in the ‘length’ dimension.

mass()

Return the power in the ‘mass’ dimension.

quantity()

Return the power in the ‘quantity’ dimension.

temperature()

Return the power in the ‘temperature’ dimension.

time()

Return the power in the ‘time’ dimension.

unit()

Return the unit.

value()

Return the value.

classmethod angle()

Return the power in the ‘angle’ dimension.

Returns

angle – The power in the ‘angle’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod charge()

Return the power in the ‘charge’ dimension.

Returns

charge – The power in the ‘charge’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod dimensions()

Return the dimensions of this type. This is a tuple containing the power in each dimension.

Returns(int, int, int, int, int, int)

The power in each dimension: ‘angle’, ‘charge’, ‘length’, ‘mass’, ‘quantity’, ‘temperature’, and ‘time’.

kcal_per_mol()

Return the energy in kcal per mol.

Returns

energy – The energy in kcal per mol.

Return type

Energy

kj_per_mol()

Return the energy in kJ per mol.

Returns

energy – The energy in kJ per mol.

Return type

Energy

kt()

Return the energy in KT.

Returns

energy – The energy in KT.

Return type

Energy

classmethod length()

Return the power in the ‘length’ dimension.

Returns

length – The power in the ‘length’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod mass()

Return the power in the ‘mass’ dimension.

Returns

mass – The power in the ‘mass’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod quantity()

Return the power in the ‘quantity’ dimension.

Returns

quantity – The power in the ‘quantity’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod temperature()

Return the power in the ‘temperature’ dimension.

Returns

temperature – The power in the ‘temperature’ dimension.

Return type

int

classmethod time()

Return the power in the ‘time’ dimension.

Returns

time – The power the ‘time’ dimension.

Return type

int

unit()

Return the unit.

Returns

unit – The unit of the type.

Return type

str

value()

Return the value.

Returns

value – The value of the type.

Return type

float