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Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
Formats a number as a string representing data size in bytes.
Syntax
format_bytes(size [, precision [, units]])
Learn more about syntax conventions.
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
The following example shows how to use the format_bytes() function to format a number as a string representing data size in bytes.
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 |