Hello,

When I have read a file with x.xxx.xxx.xxx bytes it is sometimes handy to show it in an diverent format than bytes.

Is there a handy way to do this?
Or is there a function for it?

When it is a big file I want to see a MB size and when it is a lower file size then I want to see a kB size for example.

Thanks!

There isn't anything built in that I know of but it's really easy to accomplish this. I normally use something like this:

if (fsize < 1024)


// code to format fsize as bytes


else if ((fsize > 1024) && (fsize < 1048576))


// code to format fsize as KB


else if (fsize > 1048576)


// code to format fsize as MB

If there is something built in to do this, I would like to know about it too.

Hi,

A kB is 1024 bytes, and a MB is 1024 kB. Do the math...

Hope this helps.

You can use this piece of C# code to do this:

using System;


class Test


{


	public static void Main(string[]args)


	{


		Console.WriteLine(GetSize(int.Parse(args[0])));


	}





	public static string GetSize(long size)


	{


		double s = size;





		string[] format = new string[] {"{0} bytes", "{0} MB", "{0} GB", "{0} TB", "{0} PB", "{0} EB"};





		int i = 0;


		while (i < format.Length && s >= 1024) {


			s = (int) (100 * s / 1024) / 100.0;


			i++;


		}


	


		return string.Format(format[i],s);


	}


}

I use to same code. 

Public Function BytesToMegabytes(Bytes As Double) As Double
   'This function gives an estimate to two decimal
   'places.  For a more precise answer, format to
   'more decimal places or just return dblAns
 
  Dim dblAns As Double
  dblAns = (Bytes / 1024) / 1024
  BytesToMegabytes = Format(dblAns, "###,###,##0.00")
 
End Function