exercise-temperature-conversion.md

EXERCISE: Temperature conversion with cond

Note::Write a function which converts temperatures into degrees Celcius.

The function should take degrees and scale as arguments, where scale is either fahrenheit or kelvin temperature scales. If the celcius scale is used, then return the same value For example:

(temperature-in-celcius 32.0 :fahrenheit)    ;=> 0.0
(temperature-in-celcius 300  :kelvin)        ;=> 26.85
(temperature-in-celcius 22.5 :celcius)       ;=> 22.5
(temperature-in-celcius 22.5 :fake)          ;=> "Unknown scale: :fake"

If an unknown temperature scale is used, an error message should be returned

(defn temperature-in-celcius [temperature scale]
  (cond
    ;; ...
    ))
;;
;; Dont forget to call your function
()

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Hint::Formulas to convert temperatures

• Fahrenheit to Celcius: (* (- Fahrenheit 32) 5/9) = Celcius
• Kelvin to Celcius: (+ Kelvin 273.15) = Celcius

Our function takes two arguments, the temperature in degrees celcius

(defn temperature-in-celcius [temperature scale]
  (cond
    (= scale :celcius)    temperature
    (= scale :fahrenheit) (* (- temperature 32) 5/9)
    (= scale :kelvin)     (- temperature 273.15)
    :else                 (str "Unknown scale: " scale)))

(temperature-in-celcius 32.0 :fahrenheit)    ;=> 0.0
(temperature-in-celcius 300 :kelvin)         ;=> 26.85
(temperature-in-celcius 22.5 :celcius)       ;=> 22.5
(temperature-in-celcius 22.5 :gibberish)     ;=> "Unknown scale: :gibberish"