format_bytes()

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Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel

Formats a number as a string representing data size in bytes.

Syntax

format_bytes(size [, precision [, units]])

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Parameters

Name Type Required Description
size real ✔️ The value to be formatted as data size in bytes.
precision int The number of digits the value will be rounded to after the decimal point. The default is 0.
units string The units of the target data size: Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB. If this parameter is empty, the units will be auto-selected based on input value.

Returns

A string of size formatted as data size in bytes.

Examples

print 
v1 = format_bytes(564),
v2 = format_bytes(10332, 1),
v3 = format_bytes(20010332),
v4 = format_bytes(20010332, 2),
v5 = format_bytes(20010332, 0, "KB")

Output

v1 v2 v3 v4 v5
564 Bytes 10.1 KB 19 MB 19.08 MB 19541 KB

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