Python format size application (converting B to KB, MB, GB, TB)

Question

I am trying to write an application to convert bytes to kb to mb to gb to tb. Here\'s what I have so far:

def size_format(b):
    if b < 1000:
              r         


        

Answer 1

I have quite readable function to convert bytes into greater units:

def bytes_2_human_readable(number_of_bytes):
    if number_of_bytes < 0:
        raise ValueError("!!! number_of_bytes can't be smaller than 0 !!!")

    step_to_greater_unit = 1024.

    number_of_bytes = float(number_of_bytes)
    unit = 'bytes'

    if (number_of_bytes / step_to_greater_unit) >= 1:
        number_of_bytes /= step_to_greater_unit
        unit = 'KB'

    if (number_of_bytes / step_to_greater_unit) >= 1:
        number_of_bytes /= step_to_greater_unit
        unit = 'MB'

    if (number_of_bytes / step_to_greater_unit) >= 1:
        number_of_bytes /= step_to_greater_unit
        unit = 'GB'

    if (number_of_bytes / step_to_greater_unit) >= 1:
        number_of_bytes /= step_to_greater_unit
        unit = 'TB'

    precision = 1
    number_of_bytes = round(number_of_bytes, precision)

    return str(number_of_bytes) + ' ' + unit