get_byte_count

function of dascore.units

source

get_byte_count(
    value: Quantity ,
)-> ‘float’

Return the number of bytes a data size quantity represents.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
value	A quantity of information (eg 25 * dc.units.megabytes).

Note

For data sizes, float() returns bits: eight times the byte count. to_float instead raises UnitError.

Examples

import dascore as dc
from dascore.units import get_byte_count

assert get_byte_count(25 * dc.units.megabytes) == 25_000_000
assert get_byte_count(dc.get_quantity("1 MiB")) == 1_048_576