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Home » Extra libraries, Code snippets, applications etc. » U++ users applications in progress and useful code snippets, including reference examples! » FormatBytes function (A helper function to format bytes.)
FormatBytes function [message #47906] Fri, 21 April 2017 01:18 Go to next message
Oblivion is currently offline  Oblivion
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Hello,

FormatBytes() is a very simple and useful formatter which can be used for displaying file/transfer size etc.



String FormatBytes(int64 bytes, bool kilo = false) 
{
	const char* base1000[] = { "B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "YB", "ZB" };
	const char* base1024[] = { "B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "YiB", "ZiB" }; 
	
	int base = kilo ? 1000 : 1024;
	int exponent = floor(log2(bytes) / log2(base));
	
	return bytes < base
			? FormatInt64(bytes)  << " " << (kilo ? base1000[0] : base1024[0]) 
			: Format("%.1f %s", bytes / pow(base, exponent), kilo ? base1000[exponent] : base1024[exponent]);
}


Example output:
------------------------------ Base:1024(kibi)--Base:1000(kilo)

1) 1023 (bytes) -> 		1023 B		1.0 KB
2) 2046 (bytes) -> 		2.0 KiB		2.0 KB
3) 3069 (bytes) -> 		3.0 KiB		3.1 KB
4) 4092 (bytes) -> 		4.0 KiB		4.1 KB
5) 5115 (bytes) -> 		5.0 KiB		5.1 KB
6) 6138 (bytes) -> 		6.0 KiB		6.1 KB
7) 7161 (bytes) -> 		7.0 KiB		7.2 KB
8) 8184 (bytes) -> 		8.0 KiB		8.2 KB
9) 9207 (bytes) -> 		9.0 KiB		9.2 KB


Since it has a simple and strict format (number/SPACE/unit) it can be parsed if needed.
Is it possible to add this, or something similar to this, to U++ formatters?
It is very handy if you work with files and data transfers.

Regards,

Oblivion


[Updated on: Fri, 21 April 2017 08:26]

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Re: FormatBytes function [message #48600 is a reply to message #47906] Sat, 05 August 2017 19:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wimpie is currently offline  wimpie
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A while back I made a similar thing, though with hardcoded constants for division.
I couldn't hardcode the divisions needed for ZB and YB because of the limit of int64.
So I guess int64 can't handle those
Re: FormatBytes function [message #48601 is a reply to message #48600] Sat, 05 August 2017 22:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Oblivion is currently offline  Oblivion
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Hello,

Sure. This version isn't really meant to hande YB and ZB.
I'd reserved those constants for future use, for I was going to implement a custom formatter instead of FormatInt64 (and change the function signature).
However, IMO, TB is practically the limit.
While I personally use this function (it is handy), there is already an undocumented FormatFileSize() function in U++ (which I later discovered).

Best regards,
Oblivion.


[Updated on: Sun, 06 August 2017 09:15]

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Re: FormatBytes function [message #48602 is a reply to message #48601] Sun, 06 August 2017 00:16 Go to previous message
wimpie is currently offline  wimpie
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Well I picked the same identifiers as you did for as it seemed they exist and yes for now TB is (on consumers systems) probably enough for a while. When we're at the YB and ZB there's probably an uint256 or something
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