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LanguageValues and typesStandard typesMedia and visual

AspectRatio

On this page

Width to height in whole numbers: 16:9.

Use it for screens, images and video. 16:9 and 32:18 stay two different values. For a ratio of any two numbers, use Ratio.

Shape

Field Type Required?
width Int Yes
height Int Yes

Example

example
AspectRatio { width: 16 height: 9 }

text.parse(raw, as: AspectRatio) reads one from text that comes from outside. Text that isn't one at all fails malformed, such as 16/9, 1.85:1 or 0:1.

Good to know

  • Decimals are refused, so 1.85:1 is written 185:100 here.
  • == tells you whether two are the same. < and list.sort_by don't take it, so sort by one of its parts instead.

In JSON

A string, in a request, a response or json.write:

json
"16:9""4:3""1:1"

Details

Text form, storage, how it is shown, and operations

AspectRatio is in the group Media and visual, and has been in Jadpo since 0.1.0.

Text form

text.from writes one standard text form, the same form text.parse reads back: 16:9, 4:3 and 1:1.

How it is stored

It is stored in 2 columns, each named for the field, _ and its suffix. This is 1:1:

Column Type Holds
<field>_width integer 1
<field>_height integer 1

How it is shown to people

text.format(value, locale:) shows it to people in their locale.

With locale: Locale.en_gb:

Value Shown
16:9 16:9
4:3 4:3
1:1 1:1
32:18 32:18
239:100 239:100

Operations

It also takes text.parse, text.from, text.format, json.read, json.write and ==. How every standard type behaves says how they work.

Markdown for agents: /docs/types/type-aspect-ratio.md.Built from Jadpo main at aee2e8f.