CS2613/labs/L14/humansize.py

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"""Convert file sizes to human-readable form.
Available functions:
approximate_size(size, a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes)
takes a file size and returns a human-readable string
Examples:
>>> approximate_size(1024)
'1.0 KiB'
>>> approximate_size(1000, False)
'1.0 KB'
"""
SUFFIXES = {1000: ['KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'],
1024: ['KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB', 'EiB', 'ZiB', 'YiB']}
def approximate_size(size, a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes=True):
"""Convert a file size to human-readable form.
Keyword arguments:
size -- file size in bytes
a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes -- if True (default), use multiples of 1024
if False, use multiples of 1000
Returns: string
"""
if size < 0:
raise ValueError('number must be non-negative')
multiple = 1024 if a_kilobyte_is_1024_bytes else 1000
for suffix in SUFFIXES[multiple]:
size /= multiple
if size < multiple:
return '{0:.1f} {1}'.format(size, suffix)
raise ValueError('number too large')
if __name__ == '__main__': # pragma: no cover
print(approximate_size(1000000000000, False))
print(approximate_size(1000000000000))
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