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JS Calculate memory size for object
function calcSizeInMemory(obj) {
const visited = new Set();
function sizeOf(obj) {
if (obj === null || obj === undefined) return 0;
switch (typeof obj) {
case "number":
return 8;
case "string":
return obj.length * 2;
case "boolean":
return 4;
case "object":
if (visited.has(obj)) return 0;
visited.add(obj);
let bytes = 0;
const objClass = Object.prototype.toString.call(obj).slice(8, -1);
if (objClass === "Object" || objClass === "Array") {
for (const key in obj) {
if (!Object.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) continue;
bytes += sizeOf(key); // count key size
bytes += sizeOf(obj[key]);
}
} else if (objClass === "Date") {
bytes += 8;
} else if (objClass === "Set" || objClass === "Map") {
for (const item of obj) {
bytes += sizeOf(item);
}
} else if (typeof Buffer !== "undefined" && Buffer.isBuffer(obj)) {
bytes += obj.length;
} else {
bytes += obj.toString().length * 2;
}
return bytes;
default:
return 0;
}
}
function formatByteSize(bytes) {
if (bytes < 1024) return bytes + " bytes";
else if (bytes < 1048576) return (bytes / 1024).toFixed(3) + " KiB";
else if (bytes < 1073741824) return (bytes / 1048576).toFixed(3) + " MiB";
else return (bytes / 1073741824).toFixed(3) + " GiB";
}
return formatByteSize(sizeOf(obj));
}
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