bytes to kilobytes

Question

I want to convert bytes to kilobytes and display as a string when i try to divide by 1024 it strips away everything after the whole number I want to keep the decimal part. As so 1454 bytes 1.454 kb right now it just does this 1 kb any help would be greatly appreciated thank you

david 0 · Answer

That is because you are converting to double AFTER performing an integer division! double filesz; foreach(FileInfo fi in fiAvi) { lvItem = listView1.Items.Add(fi.Name); filesz = Convert.ToDouble((fi.Length))/1024; lvItem.SubItems.Add(filesz.ToString()); } [note where the parenthesis have been moved to....]

flipnjme · Answer

I tried to do that and I still get no decimal numbers. Here is the code double filesz; foreach(FileInfo fi in fiAvi) { lvItem = listView1.Items.Add(fi.Name); filesz = Convert.ToDouble((fi.Length)/1024); lvItem.SubItems.Add(filesz.ToString()); } thank you

kovan · Answer

instead of using int variable type for division use either double float or decimal like so double bytes = 1454; double kb = bytes/1024; MessageBox.Show(kb.ToString());