Units developers/user,<br><br>Preferably, I would like to get after a quantity&#39;s value and/or its units in string format, plumb that through to the .NET Managed environment. The managed plumbing is straightforward enough to research, no problem.<br>
<br>Can I use boost::units::to_string(q), where q is declared something like quantity&lt;si::length,float&gt;? And then, what can we expect after calling it? For instance, if q is set to 2.5 * meters, then can we expect &quot;2.5 m&quot;?<br>
<br>Also, can I set a quantity value apart  from its unit? In other words, if I&#39;ve got a quantity&lt;si::length,float&gt; q again, I&#39;d like to do something like this:<br><br>q.value(2.5);<br><br>or:<br><br>q = 2.5;<br>
<br>Or some way that preserves the current quantity units.<br><br>Thank you...<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Michael<br>