Teachpack : Convert

# Convert

### convert.ss

The teachpack `convert.ss` provides three functions:

- `convert-gui`, which consumes a conversion function from Fahrenheit to Celsius and creates a graphical user interface with two rulers, which users can use to convert temperatures according to the given temperature conversion function
- `convert-repl`, which consumes a conversion function from Fahrenheit to Celsius and then starts a read-evaluate-print loop. The loop prompts users to enter a number and then converts the number according to the given temperature conversion function. A user can exit the loop by entering `x`.
- `convert-file`; it consumes a file name `in`, a conversion function from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and a string `out`. The program then reads a number from `in`, converts it according to the given temperature conversion function, and prints the result to the newly created file `out`.
  Warning: If `out` already exists, it is deleted.

  Example: Define a function `f2c` in the Definitons window. Set teachpack to `convert.ss` and execute. Then evaluate

      > (convert-gui f2c)
      >

  This will create a graphical user interface with two rulers. Slide the top one and click on convert to see the lower one move.
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