sizeofvar

Description

sizeofvar allows you to get a realistic memory size of any variable upon initialization or variable setting.

Install

npm i @cldmv/sizeofvar --save

Usage

const sizeofvar = require('@cldmv/sizeofvar');
console.log(sizeofvar(variable));

Test Examples

The included tests allow you to verify that the number returned from this module represents the memory usage reported by node for a variable.

node -expose-gc test/test-mem.js command [-v]

-expose-gc

This option is required to run the memory tests. Without it you will recieve an error.

test/test-mem.js

This is the test file. It handles a command to test various variable tests.

command

Valid values are:

• array
• bool
• number
• object
• object-complex
• object-key-length
• object-string
• string