UnitFormat.js

UnitFormat.js is a number formatter for human readable unit numbers, like 10km, 5GB, 17kHz, 220MW, ... with known metric prefixes.

Usage

The interface of UnitFormat.js is a single function that basically takes the number to be formatted and optionally the base unit, like "m" for meters:

let a = unitFormat(1000, "m") // 1km
let b = unitFormat(20000, "Hz") // 20kHz
let c = unitFormat(1000) // 1k
let d = unitFormat(0.02, "m") // 2cm 

Installation

Installing UnitFormat.js is as easy as cloning this repo or use the following command:

npm install unitformat

Available Parameters

The whole package consists of a single function unitFormat with the following signature

unitFormat(num, baseUnit="", prefixes="kMGTPE", base=10)

• num: the number to be formatted
• baseUnit: the base unit, like meters, Hertz, Joule, ...
• prefixes: which prefixes should be used
• base: The number base, default is 10, but 2 is also possible for bytes

Prefixes

The prefix parameter is a string list of single-character metric prefixes, like kMGTPE. For base 10 the following prefixes can be used:

• E: Exa
• P: Peta
• T: Tera
• G: Giga
• M: Mega
• k: Kilo
• h: Hecto
• d: Deci
• c: Centi
• m: Milli
• u: Micro
• n: Nano
• p: Pico
• f: Femto
• a: Atto

And for base 2 the following prefixes are possible:

• k: Kilo
• M: Mega
• G: Giga
• T: Tera
• P: Peta
• E: Exa

Using UnitFormat.js with the browser

<script src="unitformat.js"></script>
<script>
  var x = unitFormat(100);
</script>

Testing

If you plan to enhance the library, make sure you add test cases and all the previous tests are passing. You can test the library with

npm test

Copyright and licensing

Copyright (c) 2016, Robert Eisele Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.