datatables.net-plugins/type-detection/src/file-size.ts

Various small plug-ins for DataTables including feature, ordering, search and internationalisation plug-ins.

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/**
 * Detect file size type columns automatically. Commonly used for computer
 * file sizes, this can allow sorting to take the order of magnitude indicated
 * by the label (GB etc) into account.
 *
 *  @name File size
 *  @summary Detect abbreviated file size data (8MB, 4KB, 3B, etc)
 *  @author Allan Jardine - datatables.net
 */

import DataTable from 'datatables.net';

DataTable.ext.type.detect.unshift(function (data) {
	if (typeof data !== 'string') {
		return null;
	}

	var matches = data.match(/^(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*([a-z]+)/i);
	var units = ['b', 'kb', 'mb', 'gb', 'tb', 'pb'];
	var is_file_size = matches && units.indexOf(matches[2].toLowerCase()) !== -1;

	return is_file_size ? 'file-size' : null;
});