Correct way to convert size in bytes to KB, MB, GB in JavaScript

This solution includes a decimal point and a tenths-place digit if presenting less than ten of KB or greater units

const units = ['bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];
   
function niceBytes(x){

  let l = 0, n = parseInt(x, 10) || 0;

  while(n >= 1024 && ++l){
      n = n/1024;
  }
  
  return(n.toFixed(n < 10 && l > 0 ? 1 : 0) + ' ' + units[l]);
}

Results:

niceBytes(435)                 // 435 bytes
niceBytes(3398)                // 3.3 KB
niceBytes(490398)              // 479 KB
niceBytes(6544528)             // 6.2 MB
niceBytes(23483023)            // 22 MB
niceBytes(3984578493)          // 3.7 GB
niceBytes(30498505889)         // 28 GB
niceBytes(9485039485039445)    // 8.4 PB

function formatBytes(bytes) {
    var marker = 1024; // Change to 1000 if required
    var decimal = 3; // Change as required
    var kiloBytes = marker; // One Kilobyte is 1024 bytes
    var megaBytes = marker * marker; // One MB is 1024 KB
    var gigaBytes = marker * marker * marker; // One GB is 1024 MB
    var teraBytes = marker * marker * marker * marker; // One TB is 1024 GB

    // return bytes if less than a KB
    if(bytes < kiloBytes) return bytes + " Bytes";
    // return KB if less than a MB
    else if(bytes < megaBytes) return(bytes / kiloBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " KB";
    // return MB if less than a GB
    else if(bytes < gigaBytes) return(bytes / megaBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " MB";
    // return GB if less than a TB
    else return(bytes / gigaBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " GB";
}

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Unminified and ES6'ed: (by the community)

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals = 2) {
    if (!+bytes) return '0 Bytes'

    const k = 1024
    const dm = decimals < 0 ? 0 : decimals
    const sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB']

    const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(k))

    return `${parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(dm))} ${sizes[i]}`
}

// Demo code
document.body.innerHTML += `<input type="text" oninput="document.querySelector('p').innerHTML=formatBytes(this.value)" value="1000"><p>1000 Bytes</p>`

Minified version (by StackOverflow's community, minified by JSCompress)

function formatBytes(a,b=2){if(!+a)return"0 Bytes";const c=0>b?0:b,d=Math.floor(Math.log(a)/Math.log(1024));return`${parseFloat((a/Math.pow(1024,d)).toFixed(c))} ${["Bytes","KB","MB","GB","TB","PB","EB","ZB","YB"][d]}`}

Usage:

// formatBytes(bytes, decimals)

formatBytes(1024)       // 1 KB
formatBytes('1024')     // 1 KB
formatBytes(1234)       // 1.21 KB
formatBytes(1234, 3)    // 1.205 KB
formatBytes(0)          // 0 Bytes
formatBytes('0')        // 0 Bytes

PS : Change k = 1000 or sizes = ["..."] as you want (bits or bytes)