NAME

Number::Format::Metric - Format number with metric prefix

VERSION

This document describes version 0.60 of Number::Format::Metric (from Perl distribution Number-Format-Metric), released on 2014-12-05.

SYNOPSIS

 use Number::Format::Metric qw(format_metric);

 format_metric(14     , {base=>10});               # => "14"
 format_metric(12000  , {base=> 2, precision=>1}); # => "11.7K"
 format_metric(12000  , {base=>10, precision=>1}); # => "11.7Ki"
 format_metric(-0.0017, {base=>10});               # => "1.7m"

FUNCTIONS

None exported by default but all of them exportable.

format_metric($num, \%opts) => STR

Format $num using metric prefix. Locale settings are respected (this module uses locale). Might produce non-Latin Unicode characters (e.g. μ for 1e-6 prefix). Known options:

base => INT (either 2 or 10, default: 2)
precision => INT
i_mark => BOOL (default: 1)
Give "i" suffix to prefixes when in base 10 for K, M, G, T, and so on.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at <https://metacpan.org/release/Number-Format-Metric>.

SOURCE

Source repository is at <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Number-Format-Metric>.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Number-Format-Metric>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.