Programming alfred applescript extensions for powerpack

this is a basic conversion program written on applescript for inclusion into alfred.

call up alfred, and type
convert 30 ft to m
or
convert 30 m to ft

this can be easily extended by adding your own variables.

on alfred_script(q)
    --display dialog q
       -- set for when running from applescript
    -- set q to "30 ft to m"
    set Feet2Meters to 0.3048
    set Meters2Feet to 3.2808399
   
    --find first occurance of unit
    set max_args to number of q
    if max_args = 1 then
        set number1 to ( q)
        if number1 = "?"
            display dialog "Help\nConversion ft to m"
            exit
        end if
    else
        set number1 to (word 1 of q)
        set unit1 to (word 2 of q)
        --set number2 to (word 3 of q)
        set unit2 to (word 4 of q)
    end if

    -- display dialog "1: " & number1 & ", 2:" & unit1 & ", 3:" & unit2
   
    if unit1 = "ft" then
        if unit2 ="m" then
            set conversion to Feet2Meters
        end if
    end if
    if unit1 = "m" then
        if unit2 = "ft" then
            set conversion to Meters2Feet
        end if
    end if
   
    set final to number1 * conversion
    -- display dialog final
    display dialog "Conversion: " & number1 & " " & unit1 & " is " & final & " " & unit2
end alfred_script