tomwalters@0: function rawvalue=getasraw(bag,val,fromunit)
tomwalters@0: % is used in generating units when the raw value is set for the first time
tomwalters@0: uns=bagarray.units;
tomwalters@0: rawunit=getrawunit(bag);
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: for i=1:length(uns)
tomwalters@0:     name=getname(uns{i});
tomwalters@0:     if strcmp(fromunit
tomwalters@0:         
tomwalters@0:         % todo
tomwalters@0:     end
tomwalters@0: end