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154 lines
4.7 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: humanize_number.3,v 1.4 2003/04/16 13:34:37 wiz Exp $
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd May 25, 2004
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.Dt HUMANIZE_NUMBER 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm humanize_number
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.Nd format a number into a human readable form
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libutil
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libutil.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo humanize_number
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.Fa "char *buf" "size_t len" "int64_t number" "const char *suffix"
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.Fa "int scale" "int flags"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn humanize_number
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function formats the signed 64-bit quantity given in
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.Fa number
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into
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.Fa buffer .
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A space and then
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.Fa suffix
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is appended to the end.
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The buffer pointed to by
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.Fa buffer
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must be at least
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.Fa len
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bytes long.
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.Pp
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If the formatted number (including
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.Fa suffix )
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would be too long to fit into
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.Fa buffer ,
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then divide
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.Fa number
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by 1024 until it will.
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In this case, prefix
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.Fa suffix
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with the appropriate SI designator.
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The
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.Fn humanize_number
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function
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follows the traditional computer science conventions rather than the proposed
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SI power of two convention.
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.Pp
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The prefixes are:
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.Bl -column "Prefix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent
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.It Sy "Prefix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier" Ta Sy "Multiplier 1000x"
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.It Li k Ta No kilo Ta 1024 Ta 1000
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.It Li M Ta No mega Ta 1048576 Ta 1000000
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.It Li G Ta No giga Ta 1073741824 Ta 1000000000
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.It Li T Ta No tera Ta 1099511627776 Ta 1000000000000
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.It Li P Ta No peta Ta 1125899906842624 Ta 1000000000000000
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.It Li E Ta No exa Ta 1152921504606846976 Ta 1000000000000000000
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa len
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argument must be at least 4 plus the length of
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.Fa suffix ,
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in order to ensure a useful result is generated into
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.Fa buffer .
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To use a specific prefix, specify this as
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.Fa scale
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(multiplier = 1024 ^ scale).
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This cannot be combined with any of the
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.Fa scale
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flags below.
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.Pp
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The following flags may be passed in
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.Fa scale :
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv HN_DIVISOR_1000" -offset indent
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.It Dv HN_AUTOSCALE
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Format the buffer using the lowest multiplier possible.
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.It Dv HN_GETSCALE
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Return the prefix index number (the number of times
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.Fa number
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must be divided to fit) instead of formatting it to the buffer.
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.El
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.Pp
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The following flags may be passed in
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.Fa flags :
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv HN_DIVISOR_1000" -offset indent
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.It Dv HN_DECIMAL
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If the final result is less than 10, display it using one digit.
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.It Dv HN_NOSPACE
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Do not put a space between
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.Fa number
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and the prefix.
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.It Dv HN_B
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Use
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.Ql B
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(bytes) as prefix if the original result does not have a prefix.
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.It Dv HN_DIVISOR_1000
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Divide
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.Fa number
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with 1000 instead of 1024.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn humanize_number
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function returns the number of characters stored in
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.Fa buffer
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(excluding the terminating
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.Dv NUL )
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upon success, or \-1 upon failure.
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If
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.Dv HN_GETSCALE
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is specified, the prefix index number will be returned instead.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn humanize_number
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function first appeared in
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.Nx 2.0 .
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