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Best answer by Werner_E

The sad news is: Prime still can't do that!

 

You can only change the unit for all values in a matrix by using the placeholder after the matrix.

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But this looks most often silly in case the matrix contains quantities of different dimensions

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and it would fail if the matrix contains strings as in your case, because you can't apply units to a string.

Inside of a matrix Prime always will only show the standard unit, depending on the unit system you select and whether you check "Base Units" or not.

 

So the best you can achieve is to strip the unit (divide by the desires unit) and add a header indicating the unit. That's not really satisfactory, of course, especially when we consider that this is software that is (rightly) proud of its ability to handle units natively..

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Werner_E25-Diamond IAnswer
25-Diamond I
December 31, 2025

The sad news is: Prime still can't do that!

 

You can only change the unit for all values in a matrix by using the placeholder after the matrix.

Werner_E_0-1767211649759.png

But this looks most often silly in case the matrix contains quantities of different dimensions

Werner_E_4-1767212339523.png

and it would fail if the matrix contains strings as in your case, because you can't apply units to a string.

Inside of a matrix Prime always will only show the standard unit, depending on the unit system you select and whether you check "Base Units" or not.

 

So the best you can achieve is to strip the unit (divide by the desires unit) and add a header indicating the unit. That's not really satisfactory, of course, especially when we consider that this is software that is (rightly) proud of its ability to handle units natively..

Werner_E_1-1767211823197.png

Werner_E_2-1767211832924.png

 

21-Topaz II
January 1, 2026

Hi,

It can be done like this:

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Cheers

Terry