Sample C#
public static String FormatToHumanReadableFileSize(object value)
{
try
{
string[] suffixNames = { "bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB" };
var counter = 0;
decimal dValue = 0;
Decimal.TryParse(value.ToString(), out dValue);
while (Math.Round(dValue / 1024) >= 1)
{
dValue /= 1024;
counter++;
}
return string.Format("{0:n1} {1}", dValue, suffixNames[counter]);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
//catch and handle the exception
return string.Empty;
}
}
Sample Vb.Net
Public Shared Function FormatToHumanReadableFileSize(value As Object) As [String]
Try
Dim suffixNames As String() = {"bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", _
"EB", "ZB", "YB"}
Dim counter = 0
Dim dValue As Decimal = 0
Decimal.TryParse(value.ToString(), dValue)
While Math.Round(dValue / 1024) >= 1
dValue /= 1024
counter += 1
End While
Return String.Format("{0:n1} {1}", dValue, suffixNames(counter))
Catch ex As Exception
'catch and handle the exception
Return String.Empty
End Try
End Function
