I need to show unit symbols of micro, nano, kilo, mega .. Is there a recommend front for this usage?
ex: 10µ Ω
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1No one uses the units package anymore? – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Jun 9 '14 at 11:19
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I am developing a scientific app! – simo Jun 9 '14 at 11:21
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@ManuelKuehner why should I use the units package over siunitx? I'm genuinely curious. – Argo Jun 9 '14 at 11:24
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@Argo: The package is much simpler and stable. I experienced that I used siunitx and then I updated my LaTeX installation a couple of months later and I had an error due to changed in the code of siunitx. Of course siunitx is more powerful. But in normal day to day work units is good enough and I don't need to remember many commands. And I love the nicefrac option. All of that is highly subjective! – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Jun 9 '14 at 11:54
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I see, I'll look into it. I had to typeset some imperial units for an exam in physics and that was kinda a pain to do manually properly. – Argo Jun 9 '14 at 12:03
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Use the siunitx package, it's pretty much the best way to typeset (SI)units, since you don't have to take care of spacing, symbols and whatnot.
Example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document
This is an example of the siunitx package: \SI{10}{\micro\ohm}
\end{document
Gives the following:
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Also the
\numcommand by itself is very useful: it inserts thin spaces between triplets of digits in five-digit or higher numbers. So,\num{10000}would output10 000(with a thin space). – wchargin Jun 9 '14 at 15:48 -
1@WChargin agreed, although I don't use it for the space between digits, but rather for scientific notation.
\num{8,85e-12}is faster than$8,85\cdot 10^{-12}$(and it probably handles the spacing as well). – Argo Jun 9 '14 at 16:14
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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\begin{document}
$10\,\upmu\Omega$
\end{document}
Have a look at package siunitx. It makes life easier for writing values and units.
