Better way to convert file sizes in Python [closed]

Answer 1

Here's another version of @romeo's reverse implementation that handles a single input string.

import re

def get_bytes(size_string):
    try:
        size_string = size_string.lower().replace(',', '')
        size = re.search('^(\d+)[a-z]i?b$', size_string).groups()[0]
        suffix = re.search('^\d+([kmgtp])i?b$', size_string).groups()[0]
    except AttributeError:
        raise ValueError("Invalid Input")
    shft = suffix.translate(str.maketrans('kmgtp', '12345')) + '0'
    return int(size) << int(shft)