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28.Dd August 15, 2010
29.Dt EXPAND_NUMBER 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm expand_number
33.Nd format a number from human readable form
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libutil
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In libutil.h
38.Ft int
39.Fo expand_number
40.Fa "const char *buf" "uint64_t *num"
41.Fc
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn expand_number
45function unformats the
46.Fa buf
47string and stores a unsigned 64-bit quantity at address pointed out by the
48.Fa num
49argument.
50.Pp
51The
52.Fn expand_number
53function
54follows the SI power of two convention.
55.Pp
56The prefixes are:
57.Bl -column "Prefix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent
58.It Sy "Prefix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier"
59.It Li k Ta No kilo Ta 1024
60.It Li M Ta No mega Ta 1048576
61.It Li G Ta No giga Ta 1073741824
62.It Li T Ta No tera Ta 1099511627776
63.It Li P Ta No peta Ta 1125899906842624
64.It Li E Ta No exa  Ta 1152921504606846976
65.El
66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67.Rv -std
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn expand_number
71function will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74The given string contains no digits.
75.It Bq Er EINVAL
76An unrecognized prefix was given.
77.It Bq Er ERANGE
78Result doesn't fit into 64 bits.
79.El
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr humanize_number 3
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Fn expand_number
85function first appeared in
86.Fx 6.3 .
87