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converting a number like 50000 into 50k, 1000000 into 1M, etc
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print_si.py
from math import log10
import sys
def print_si(number):
units = ['', 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z', 'Y']
thousands = int(log10(number)//3)
base = number//1000**thousands
print("%d %s" % (base, units[thousands]))
if __name__ == '__main__':
print_iso(int(sys.argv[1]))
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