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26.Dd June 13, 2023
27.Dt EXPAND_NUMBER 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm expand_number
31.Nd format a number from human readable form
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libutil
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In libutil.h
36.Ft int
37.Fo expand_number
38.Fa "const char *buf" "uint64_t *num"
39.Fc
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn expand_number
43function parses the
44.Fa buf
45string and stores a unsigned 64-bit quantity at
46.Fa *num .
47.Pp
48The
49.Fn expand_number
50function
51is case-insensitive and
52follows the SI power of two convention.
53.Pp
54The suffixes are:
55.Bl -column "Suffix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent
56.It Sy "Suffix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier"
57.It Li K Ta No kilo Ta 1024
58.It Li M Ta No mega Ta 1048576
59.It Li G Ta No giga Ta 1073741824
60.It Li T Ta No tera Ta 1099511627776
61.It Li P Ta No peta Ta 1125899906842624
62.It Li E Ta No exa  Ta 1152921504606846976
63.El
64.Pp
65For historical reasons, the
66.Fn expand_number
67function accepts and ignores a single
68.Dq B
69suffix at the end of the
70.Fa buf
71string.
72However, the usage of this suffix is discouraged.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74.Rv -std
75.Sh ERRORS
76The
77.Fn expand_number
78function will fail if:
79.Bl -tag -width Er
80.It Bq Er EINVAL
81The given string contains no digits.
82.It Bq Er EINVAL
83An unrecognized suffix was given.
84.It Bq Er ERANGE
85Result doesn't fit into 64 bits.
86.El
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr humanize_number 3
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Fn expand_number
92function first appeared in
93.Fx 6.3 .
94