Comments on: An example on how to format file size in C# http://fatagnus.com/an-example-on-how-to-format-file-size-in-c/ One is glad to be of service Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: eelledge http://fatagnus.com/an-example-on-how-to-format-file-size-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-40555 eelledge Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:22:07 +0000 http://fatagnus.com/an-example-on-how-to-format-file-size-in-c/#comment-40555 I changed all of the longs to floats and this works great. I added it to the FileHelpers class I already had and it is a great fit. Thank You I changed all of the longs to floats and this works great. I added it to the FileHelpers class I already had and it is a great fit.

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]]> By: Adam Garman http://fatagnus.com/an-example-on-how-to-format-file-size-in-c/comment-page-1/#comment-20883 Adam Garman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:19:35 +0000 http://fatagnus.com/an-example-on-how-to-format-file-size-in-c/#comment-20883 Nice code snippet. I noticed one slight inconsitency. Your argument to ToString suggest that you want to format the number to 2 decimal places but because your divide is in integer arithmetic you have lost this information. The decimal places will always read ".00". I suggest either: (a) Convert your division to floating point arithmetic. E.g. if (bytes > terabyte) return (bytes / (double)terabyte).ToString("0.00 TB"); (b) Drop the decimal places. E.g. if (bytes > terabyte) return (bytes / terabyte).ToString("0 TB"); Nice code snippet.

I noticed one slight inconsitency. Your argument to ToString suggest that you want to format the number to 2 decimal places but because your divide is in integer arithmetic you have lost this information. The decimal places will always read “.00″. I suggest either:

(a) Convert your division to floating point arithmetic. E.g.
if (bytes > terabyte) return (bytes / (double)terabyte).ToString(”0.00 TB”);

(b) Drop the decimal places. E.g.
if (bytes > terabyte) return (bytes / terabyte).ToString(”0 TB”);

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