source: code/trunk/vendor/github.com/dustin/go-humanize/big.go@ 822

package humanize

import (
        "math/big"
)

// order of magnitude (to a max order)
func oomm(n, b *big.Int, maxmag int) (float64, int) {
        mag := 0
        m := &big.Int{}
        for n.Cmp(b) >= 0 {
                n.DivMod(n, b, m)
                mag++
                if mag == maxmag && maxmag >= 0 {
                        break
                }
        }
        return float64(n.Int64()) + (float64(m.Int64()) / float64(b.Int64())), mag
}

// total order of magnitude
// (same as above, but with no upper limit)
func oom(n, b *big.Int) (float64, int) {
        mag := 0
        m := &big.Int{}
        for n.Cmp(b) >= 0 {
                n.DivMod(n, b, m)
                mag++
        }
        return float64(n.Int64()) + (float64(m.Int64()) / float64(b.Int64())), mag
}