scipy.constants.find

scipy.constants.find(sub=None, disp=False)

Return list of physical_constant keys containing a given string.

Parameters:

sub : str, unicode

Sub-string to search keys for. By default, return all keys.

disp : bool

If True, print the keys that are found, and return None. Otherwise, return the list of keys without printing anything.

Returns:

keys : list or None

If disp is False, the list of keys is returned. Otherwise, None is returned.

See also

codata

Contains the description of physical_constants, which, as a dictionary literal object, does not itself possess a docstring.

Examples

>>> from scipy.constants import find, physical_constants

Which keys in the physical_constants dictionary contain ‘boltzmann’?

>>> find('boltzmann')
['Boltzmann constant',
 'Boltzmann constant in Hz/K',
 'Boltzmann constant in eV/K',
 'Boltzmann constant in inverse meters per kelvin',
 'Stefan-Boltzmann constant']

Get the constant called ‘Boltzmann constant in Hz/K’:

>>> physical_constants['Boltzmann constant in Hz/K']
(20836612000.0, 'Hz K^-1', 12000.0)

Find constants with ‘radius’ in the key:

>>> find('radius')
['Bohr radius',
 'classical electron radius',
 'deuteron rms charge radius',
 'proton rms charge radius']
>>> physical_constants['classical electron radius']
(2.8179403227e-15, 'm', 1.9e-24)