Format::Human::Bytes(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Format::Human::Bytes(3pm)

NAME

       Format::Human::Bytes - Format a bytecount and make it human readable

VERSION

       Version 0.05

SYNOPSIS

       Ever showed 12345678 bytes to the user instead of just saying 11MB?  This module returns you a printable string which is more readable by
       humans than a simple bytecount.

	   use Format::Human::Bytes;

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

	   my $fhb = Format::Human::Bytes->new();
	   $readable = $fhb->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);
	   $readable = $fhb->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       All functions do "intelligent" switching to the next unit, for example:

	   1000 => 1000B
	   [...]
	   8000 => 8000B
	   9000 => 9kB

       The difference between 1000 bytes and 1500 bytes is usually bigger (for example because of a slow link) than between 95kB and 95,5kB. The
       same applies to 8000kB vs. 9 MB and for the other units.

       Depending on your usage, you may want to specify how many decimals should be shown (defaults to no decimals).

FUNCTIONS 
/ METHODS
   new
	   my $fhb = Format::Human::Bytes->new();

       Creates and returns a Format::Human::Bytes - object.

   base2
       Callable as a function:

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Callable as a class method:

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Callable as a object method:

	   $readable = $fhb->base2($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Returns the correct readable form of the given bytecount.

       Correct in this case means that 1kB are 1024 Bytes which is how computers see the world.

       If you specify a decimal parameter, the result number will have the number of decimal numbers you specified.

   base10
       Callable as a function:

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes::base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Callable as a class method:

	   $readable = Format::Human::Bytes->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Callable as a object method:

	   $readable = $fhb->base10($bytecount[,$decimals]);

       Returns the incorrect readable form of the given bytecount.

       Incorrect in this case means that 1kB is 1000 Bytes and 1 MB is 1000000 bytes which is how some (many) people see the world, but it's wrong
       for computers.

       If you specify a decimal parameter, the result number will have the number of decimal numbers you specified.

AUTHOR

       Sebastian Willing, "<sewi at cpan.org>"

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-format-human-bytes at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Format-Human-Bytes>.  I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
       progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

	   perldoc Format::Human::Bytes

       You can also look for information at:

       o   RT: CPAN's request tracker

	   <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Format-Human-Bytes>

       o   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

	   <http://annocpan.org/dist/Format-Human-Bytes>

       o   CPAN Ratings

	   <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Format-Human-Bytes>

       o   Search CPAN

	   <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Format-Human-Bytes/>

HISTORY

       The functions are in use since late 2003 or early 2004 but I didn't pack them for CPAN before 2009.

LICENSE

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5 itself.

perl v5.10.1							    2010-04-08						 Format::Human::Bytes(3pm)