| PMUNITSSTR(3) | Library Functions Manual | PMUNITSSTR(3) |
pmUnitsStr, pmUnitsStr_r - convert a performance metric's units into a string
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
const char *pmUnitsStr(const pmUnits *pu);
char *pmUnitsStr_r(const pmUnits *pu, char *buf, int
buflen);
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The encoding of a performance metric's dimensionality and scale uses a pmUnits structure; see pmLookupDesc(3).
As an aid to labeling graphs and tables, or for error messages, pmUnitsStr will take a dimension and scale specification as per pu, and return the corresponding text string. The pmUnitsStr_r function does the same, but stores the result in a user-supplied buffer buf of length buflen, which should have room for at least 60 bytes. If buflen is less than 60 then pmUnitsStr_r returns NULL and buf is not changed.
For example {1, -2, 0, PM_SPACE_MBYTE, PM_TIME_SEC, 0}, as the value of *pu gives the result string Mbyte / sec^2.
The string value result from pmUnitsStr is held in a single static buffer, so the returned value is only valid until the next call to pmUnitsStr.
If the ``count'' dimension is non-zero, and the ``count'' scale is not zero, then the text string will include a decimal scaling factor, eg. count x 10^6.
As a special case, if all components of the dimension are zero, then the ``count'' scale is used to produce the text. If this scale is zero the result is an empty string, otherwise the result is of the form x1 0^2.
pmUnitsStr returns a pointer to a static buffer and hence is not thread-safe. Multi-threaded applications should use pmUnitsStr_r instead.
PMAPI(3), pmAtomStr(3), pmConvScale(3), pmExtractValue(3), pmLookupDesc(3), pmPrintValue(3), pmIDStr(3), pmInDomStr(3), pmTypeStr(3), pmSemStr(3) and pmUnitsStr(3).
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