R.utils (version 2.12.3)

hsize: Convert byte sizes into human-readable byte sizes

Description

Convert byte sizes into human-readable byte sizes.

Usage

# S3 method for numeric
hsize(sizes, digits=1L, units="auto", standard=getOption("hsize.standard", "IEC"),
  bytes=getOption("hsize.bytes", "B"), ...)
  # S3 method for object_size
hsize(sizes, ...)

Value

A character

vector.

Arguments

sizes

A numeric vector of sizes.

digits

Number of digits to be presented in the give unit.

units

A character string specifying type of units to use.

bytes

The string used for units of bytes without a prefix. Applied only if units="auto".

...

Not used.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

See Also

object.size.

Examples

sizes <- c(1000^(0:8), 1024^(0:8))
df <- data.frame(size=sizes)
df$SI <- hsize(sizes, standard="SI")
df$TB <- hsize(sizes, units="TB")
df$IEC <- hsize(sizes, standard="IEC")
df$TiB <- hsize(sizes, units="TiB")
print(df)