alecthomas/units

Helpful unit multipliers and functions for Go

131

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Aug 19, 2026

updated

README

Units - Helpful unit multipliers and functions for Go

The goal of this package is to have functionality similar to the time package.

It allows for code like this:

n, err := ParseBase2Bytes("1KB")
// n == 1024
n = units.Mebibyte * 512

Contributors

12 commits

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alecthomas/units

Helpful unit multipliers and functions for Go

131

stars

23

commits

Go

primary language

Aug 19, 2026

updated

README

Units - Helpful unit multipliers and functions for Go

The goal of this package is to have functionality similar to the time package.

It allows for code like this:

n, err := ParseBase2Bytes("1KB")
// n == 1024
n = units.Mebibyte * 512

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Contributors

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2 commits

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