//count: make numbers human-readable

Fixes #14

worldeditadditions/lib/count.lua

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 -- ██      ██    ██ ██    ██ ██ ██  ██    ██
 -- ██      ██    ██ ██    ██ ██  ██ ██    ██
 --  ██████  ██████   ██████  ██   ████    ██
-function worldeditadditions.count(pos1, pos2)
+function worldeditadditions.count(pos1, pos2, do_human_counts)
 	pos1, pos2 = worldedit.sort_pos(pos1, pos2)
 	-- pos2 will always have the highest co-ordinates now
 	
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ function worldeditadditions.count(pos1, pos2)
 	end
 	table.sort(results, function(a, b) return a[1] < b[1] end)
 	
+	if do_human_counts then
+		for key,item in pairs(results) do
+			item[1] = worldeditadditions.human_size(item[1], 2)
+		end
+	end
+	
 	-- Save the modified nodes back to disk & return
 	-- No need to save - this function doesn't actually change anything
 	-- worldedit.manip_helpers.finish(manip, data)

worldeditadditions/utils/strings.lua

@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ function worldeditadditions.human_time(ms)
 	end
 end
 
+--- Formats (usually large) numbers as human-readable strings.
+-- Ported from PHP: https://github.com/sbrl/Pepperminty-Wiki/blob/0a81c940c5803856db250b29f54658476bc81e21/core/05-functions.php#L67
+-- @param	n			number	The number to format.
+-- @param	decimals	number	The number fo decimal places to show.
+-- @return	string		A formatted string that represents the given input number.
+function worldeditadditions.human_size(n, decimals)
+	sizes = { "", "K", "M", "G", "T", "P", "E", "Y", "Z" }
+	local factor = math.floor((#tostring(n) - 1) / 3)
+	local multiplier = 10^(decimals or 0)
+	local result = math.floor(0.5 + (n / math.pow(1000, factor)) * multiplier) / multiplier
+	return result .. sizes[factor+1]
+end
+
 
 --- Makes a seed from a string.
 -- If the input is a number, it is returned as-is.

worldeditadditions_commands/commands/count.lua

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ worldedit.register_command("count", {
 	func = function(name)
 		local start_time = worldeditadditions.get_ms_time()
 		
-		local success, counts, total = worldeditadditions.count(worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name], target_node)
+		local success, counts, total = worldeditadditions.count(
+			worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name],
+			true
+		)
+		
 		local result = worldeditadditions.make_ascii_table(counts).."\n"..
 			string.rep("=", 6 + #tostring(total) + 6).."\n"..
 			"Total "..total.." nodes\n"