Parsing Dimensions (:mod:`layout.datatypes.parse_dimensions`)
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.. currentmodule:: layout.datatypes.parse_dimensions

In many applications dimensions will be specified as input from the
user. When coding, you can use the constants in
:mod:`layout.datatypes.units`, such as ``12*mm``. When processing
input, this module converts textual representations of dimensions into
the corresponding values in postscript points (the standard unit of
size used throughout the package).

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.. automodule:: layout.datatypes.parse_dimensions
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