Scott David Daniels wrote:
> Kind of fun exercise (no good for British English).
>
> def units(value, units='bytes'):
> magnitude = abs(value)
> if magnitude >= 1000:
> for prefix in ['kilo mega giga tera peta '
> 'exa zetta yotta').split():
> magnitude /= 1000.
> if magnitude < 1000.:
> break
> elif magnitude < 1:
> for prefix in ('milli micro nano pico femto '
> 'atto zepto yocto'.split():
> magnitude *= 1000.
> if magnitude >= 1.0:
> break
> if magnitude < .001:
> return 'zero %s' % units
> else:
> prefix = ''
> if value < 0:
> return '-%.3f %s%s' % (magnitude, prefix, units)
> return '%.3f %s%s' % (magnitude, prefix, units)
>
> --Scott David Daniels
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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