LilyPondDimension

class abjad.lilypondfile.LilyPondDimension.LilyPondDimension(value=0, unit='cm')

A LilyPond file \paper block dimension.

>>> abjad.LilyPondDimension(2, 'in')
LilyPondDimension(value=2, unit='in')

Use for LilyPond file \paper block attributes.

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Attributes Summary

__format__	Formats LilyPond dimension.
unit	Gets unit of LilyPond dimension.
value	Gets value of LilyPond dimension.

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Special methods

__format__(format_specification='')

Formats LilyPond dimension.

>>> dimension = abjad.LilyPondDimension(2, 'in')
>>> print(format(dimension))
2\in

Returns string.

(AbjadObject).__repr__()

Gets interpreter representation of Abjad object.

Returns string.

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Read-only properties

unit

Gets unit of LilyPond dimension.

>>> dimension = abjad.LilyPondDimension(2, 'in')
>>> dimension.unit
'in'

Returns 'cm', 'in', 'mm' or 'pt'.

value

Gets value of LilyPond dimension.

>>> dimension = abjad.LilyPondDimension(2, 'in')
>>> dimension.value
2

Returns number.