binary

binary

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binary provides a bug-free and easy way to convert between and within binary (IEC) and decimal (SI) units.

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Installation

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install binary

Examples

Let's import what we need:

.. code-block:: python

>>> from binary import BinaryUnits, DecimalUnits, convert_units

Basic conversion:

.. code-block:: python

>>> convert_units(1536, BinaryUnits.KB, BinaryUnits.MB)
(1.5, 'MiB')

How much actual storage your new hard drive has:

.. code-block:: python

>>> convert_units(4, DecimalUnits.TB, BinaryUnits.TB)
(3.637978807091713, 'TiB')

Human readable:

.. code-block:: python

>>> amount, unit = convert_units(kubernetes_ingest_bytes_per_second)
>>> 'Incoming traffic: {:.2f} {}/s'.format(amount, unit)
'Incoming traffic: 24.77 GiB/s'

Usage

Just a single function!

convert_units(n, unit=BYTE, to=None, si=False, exact=False)

Converts between and within binary and decimal units. If no unit is specified, n is assumed to already be in bytes. If no to is specified, n will be converted to the highest unit possible. If no unit nor to is specified, the output will be binary units unless si is True. If exact is True. the calculations will use decimal.Decimal.

| Binary units conform to IEC standards, see: | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix>_ | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_80000-13>_ | <https://www.iso.org/standard/31898.html>_ (paywalled) | | Decimal units conform to SI standards, see: | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units>_ |

• Parameters

  • n (int or float) - The number of unit\ s.
  • unit - The unit n represents. See types_.
  • to - The unit to convert to. See types_.
  • si (bool) - Assume SI units when no unit nor to is specified.
  • exact (bool) - Use decimal.Decimal for calculations.

Types ^^^^^

Although the string representations for binary units end in iB, the attributes do not for ease of use.

+--------------+-------+-----------+ | Type | Short | Long | +==============+=======+===========+ | BinaryUnits | B | BYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | KB | KIBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | MB | MEBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | GB | GIBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | TB | TEBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | PB | PEBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | EB | EXBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | ZB | ZEBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | BinaryUnits | YB | YOBIBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | B | BYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | KB | KILOBYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | MB | MEGABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | GB | GIGABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | TB | TERABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | PB | PETABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | EB | EXABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | ZB | ZETTABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+ | DecimalUnits | YB | YOTTABYTE | +--------------+-------+-----------+

License

binary is distributed under the terms of both

• MIT License <https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit>_
• Apache License, Version 2.0 <https://choosealicense.com/licenses/apache-2.0>_

at your option.

Changelog

Important changes are emphasized.

1.0.2 ^^^^^

• Perform floor division when explicitly converting to bytes
• Support negative values

1.0.1 ^^^^^

• Fix syntax warning on newer versions of Python

1.0.0 ^^^^^

• Initial release

.. _IEC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix .. _SI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units