Format::Human::Bytes(3) Format a bytecount and make it human readable

VERSION

Version 0.06

SYNOPSIS

Ever showed 12345678 bytes to the user instead of just saying 11MB? This module returns you a printable string which is more readable by humans than a simple bytecount.


use Format::Human::Bytes;
$readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
$readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);
$readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
$readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);
my $fhb = Format::Human::Bytes->new();
$readable = $fhb->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
$readable = $fhb->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

All functions do ``intelligent'' switching to the next unit, for example: 

    1000 => 1000B
    [...]
    8000 => 8000B
    9000 => 9kB

The difference between 1000 bytes and 1500 bytes is usually bigger (for example because of a slow link) than between 95kB and 95,5kB. The same applies to 8000kB vs. 9 MB and for the other units.

Depending on your usage, you may want to specify how many decimals should be shown (defaults to no decimals).

FUNCTIONS / METHODS

new

    my $fhb = Format::Human::Bytes->new();

Creates and returns a Format::Human::Bytes - object.

base2

Callable as a function: 

    $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Callable as a class method: 

    $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Callable as a object method: 

    $readable = $fhb->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Returns the correct readable form of the given bytecount.

Correct in this case means that 1kB are 1024 Bytes which is how computers see the world.

If you specify a decimal parameter, the result number will have the number of decimal numbers you specified.

base10

Callable as a function: 

    $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Callable as a class method: 

    $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Callable as a object method: 

    $readable = $fhb->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

Returns the incorrect readable form of the given bytecount.

Incorrect in this case means that 1kB is 1000 Bytes and 1 MB is 1000000 bytes which is how some (many) people see the world, but it's wrong for computers.

If you specify a decimal parameter, the result number will have the number of decimal numbers you specified.

AUTHOR

Sebastian Willing, "<sewi at cpan.org>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-format-human-bytes at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Format-Human-Bytes>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. 

    perldoc Format::Human::Bytes

You can also look for information at:

HISTORY

The functions are in use since late 2003 or early 2004 but I didn't pack them for CPAN before 2009.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5 itself.

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