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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/dustin/go-humanize/README.markdown b/vendor/github.com/dustin/go-humanize/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000..91b4ae56 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/dustin/go-humanize/README.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +# Humane Units [](https://travis-ci.org/dustin/go-humanize) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/dustin/go-humanize) + +Just a few functions for helping humanize times and sizes. + +`go get` it as `github.com/dustin/go-humanize`, import it as +`"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"`, use it as `humanize`. + +See [godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/dustin/go-humanize) for +complete documentation. + +## Sizes + +This lets you take numbers like `82854982` and convert them to useful +strings like, `83 MB` or `79 MiB` (whichever you prefer). + +Example: + +```go +fmt.Printf("That file is %s.", humanize.Bytes(82854982)) // That file is 83 MB. +``` + +## Times + +This lets you take a `time.Time` and spit it out in relative terms. +For example, `12 seconds ago` or `3 days from now`. + +Example: + +```go +fmt.Printf("This was touched %s.", humanize.Time(someTimeInstance)) // This was touched 7 hours ago. +``` + +Thanks to Kyle Lemons for the time implementation from an IRC +conversation one day. It's pretty neat. + +## Ordinals + +From a [mailing list discussion][odisc] where a user wanted to be able +to label ordinals. + + 0 -> 0th + 1 -> 1st + 2 -> 2nd + 3 -> 3rd + 4 -> 4th + [...] + +Example: + +```go +fmt.Printf("You're my %s best friend.", humanize.Ordinal(193)) // You are my 193rd best friend. +``` + +## Commas + +Want to shove commas into numbers? Be my guest. + + 0 -> 0 + 100 -> 100 + 1000 -> 1,000 + 1000000000 -> 1,000,000,000 + -100000 -> -100,000 + +Example: + +```go +fmt.Printf("You owe $%s.\n", humanize.Comma(6582491)) // You owe $6,582,491. +``` + +## Ftoa + +Nicer float64 formatter that removes trailing zeros. + +```go +fmt.Printf("%f", 2.24) // 2.240000 +fmt.Printf("%s", humanize.Ftoa(2.24)) // 2.24 +fmt.Printf("%f", 2.0) // 2.000000 +fmt.Printf("%s", humanize.Ftoa(2.0)) // 2 +``` + +## SI notation + +Format numbers with [SI notation][sinotation]. + +Example: + +```go +humanize.SI(0.00000000223, "M") // 2.23 nM +``` + +## English-specific functions + +The following functions are in the `humanize/english` subpackage. + +### Plurals + +Simple English pluralization + +```go +english.PluralWord(1, "object", "") // object +english.PluralWord(42, "object", "") // objects +english.PluralWord(2, "bus", "") // buses +english.PluralWord(99, "locus", "loci") // loci + +english.Plural(1, "object", "") // 1 object +english.Plural(42, "object", "") // 42 objects +english.Plural(2, "bus", "") // 2 buses +english.Plural(99, "locus", "loci") // 99 loci +``` + +### Word series + +Format comma-separated words lists with conjuctions: + +```go +english.WordSeries([]string{"foo"}, "and") // foo +english.WordSeries([]string{"foo", "bar"}, "and") // foo and bar +english.WordSeries([]string{"foo", "bar", "baz"}, "and") // foo, bar and baz + +english.OxfordWordSeries([]string{"foo", "bar", "baz"}, "and") // foo, bar, and baz +``` + +[odisc]: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/l8NhI74jl-4/discussion +[sinotation]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix |