Converting file size in bytes to human-readable string

Question

I\'m using this function to convert a file size in bytes to a human-readable file size:

function getReadableFileSizeString(fileSizeInBytes) {
    var i = -1;         


        

Answer 1

1551859712 / 1024 = 1515488
1515488 / 1024 = 1479.96875
1479.96875 / 1024 = 1.44528198242188

Your solution is correct. The important thing to realize is that in order to get from 1551859712 to 1.5, you have to do divisions by 1000, but bytes are counted in binary-to-decimal chunks of 1024, hence why the Gigabyte value is less.