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size in human format (K,M,G,T,P)
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size-human-format.py
def human_format(num):
magnitude = 0
while abs(num) >= 1000:
magnitude += 1
num /= 1000.0
# add more suffixes if you need them
return '%.2f%s' % (num, ['', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P'][magnitude])
print('the answer is %s' % human_format(7436313)) # prints 'the answer is 7.44M'
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