Cannot parse str

[vedmant]

Hi, I', trying to parse string like '100K', but it returns error:

Error: cannot parse str

const humanFormat = require('human-format')
const parsed = humanFormat.parse('100K')

[julien-f]

The default scale used is SI, based on the International System of Units and coded here:

human-format/index.js

Lines 192 to 198 in f4d13a2

	// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix
	//
	// Not all prefixes are present, only those which are multiple of
	// 1000, because humans usually prefer to see close numbers using
	// the same unit to ease the comparison.
	SI: Scale.create(
	'y,z,a,f,p,n,µ,m,,k,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y'.split(','),

As you can see, it contains k but not K and human-format parse in case sensitive fashion (because some prefix are case sensitive, eg m for milli and M for mega).

[vedmant]

@julien-f Thanks, I think it may be ok to parse some letter without case sensitivity, like "k", "G", and some others.

[julien-f]

What if we do that and the user uses k for kilo as intended but when using m it goes for milli?

This behavior should probably be optin and only works for scale without ambiguities (like the binary scale).

[vedmant]

@julien-f It will be only applicable for letters that have one occurrence, like "k", "G", and others, not for "m", "M". That makes sense as there is no separate meaning for "K" or "g".