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Created September 28, 2011 20:54
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Convert number of bytes to human-readable string, reducing order of magnitude
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bytestring_inflector.rb
BYTE_ORDERS = ['B','KB','MB','GB','TB','PB','EB']
class Numeric
def bytestring
order = 0
while (self > 1024 ** (order+1))
order += 1
end
"%.1f %s" % [self.to_f / (1024 ** order), BYTE_ORDERS[order]]
end
end
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mbklein commented Sep 28, 2011 

ruby-1.8.7-p352 :013 > 12345678.bytestring
=> "11.8 MB"

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