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Convert from Byte to Megabyte

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November 27, 2007 at 3:12 pm

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I'm reading a iSeries file and it returns its size in bytes, how can I convert bytes into megabytes?

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Jason Selburg SSC-Insane Points: 24641 More actions · Answer 1

divide the number by 1,024. :w00t:

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November 27, 2007 at 3:37 pm

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🙂 thanks!!

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Jason Selburg (11/27/2007)
divide the number by 1,024. :w00t:

unless the hardware is IBM, in which case 1MB=1,000 bytes. (edit) I mean - Kbyte (duh), which means it could be any of the following:

1MB = 1,000,000 bytes (IBM)

1MB = 1,024,000 bytes (sony)

1MB = 1,048,576 bytes (damn near everyone else)

Would be nice if I saw what I read...wow.

(end edit)

No - I am not kidding.

Leave it to IBM to screw up a perfectly good standard....

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 4

Um... no, I don't think so... a Mega byte is a binary million bytes, not a binary thousand.

Convert from Bytes to KBytes by dividing by 1,024.

Convert from Bytes to MBytes by dividing by 1,024² or 1,048,576.

Convert from Bytes to GBytes by dividing by 1,024³ or 1,073,741,824.

Dunno about IBM...

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (11/27/2007)
Um... no, I don't think so... a Mega byte is a binary million bytes, not a binary thousand.
Convert from Bytes to KBytes by dividing by 1,024.
Convert from Bytes to MBytes by dividing by 1,024² or 1,048,576.
Convert from Bytes to GBytes by dividing by 1,024³ or 1,073,741,824.
Dunno about IBM...

oh I don't disagree. but IBM did pull a rabbit there.... Just pointing out the VHS vs BETAMAX standards out there...

Really - take a look: Wikipedia - Megabyte

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 6

Heh... wasn't so concerned about IBM as I was that folks thought a megabyte was either 1,000 bytes or 1,024 bytes. Thanks for the edit...

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jason Selburg SSC-Insane Points: 24641 More actions · Answer 7

You guys and your details! :w00t:

______________________________________________________________________

Personal Motto: Why push the envelope when you can just open it?

If you follow the direction given HERE[/url] you'll likely increase the number and quality of responses you get to your question.

Jason L. Selburg

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 8

Heh... speaking of "details"... once done and you go to format it, you wanna use commas or periods for the thousand separators? 😀

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 9

Jason Selburg (11/28/2007)
You guys and your details! :w00t:

Yeah, really - what's the big deal about a few zeroes....:hehe:

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (11/28/2007)
Heh... speaking of "details"... once done and you go to format it, you wanna use commas or periods for the thousand separators? 😀

That's a presentation issue - let the GUI folks deal with it:)

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Jeff Moden (11/28/2007)
Heh... speaking of "details"... once done and you go to format it, you wanna use commas or periods for the thousand separators? 😀

FYI, in France they use a blank for the thousands separator.

That really caught me off guard one day.

What's really bad about the choice of a blank for the thousands separator is that it really gets squeezed in most fonts.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 12

That's a presentation issue - let the GUI folks deal with it

Heh... That would be true for outputs... imported files are a whole (or is it "hole"?) 'nuther story. :hehe:

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 13

Michael Meierruth (11/29/2007)
Jeff Moden (11/28/2007)
Heh... speaking of "details"... once done and you go to format it, you wanna use commas or periods for the thousand separators? 😀
FYI, in France they use a blank for the thousands separator.
That really caught me off guard one day.
What's really bad about the choice of a blank for the thousands separator is that it really gets squeezed in most fonts.

Heh... rumor has it that's because the old treasurer for France had a typewriter where the comma key didn't work... 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Maique SSC Eights! Points: 913 More actions · Answer 14

Maique

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November 29, 2007 at 2:59 pm

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LOL -- That's funny!