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# string(from:)

Formats the value of the given measurement using the receiver’s `countStyle`.

```
func string(from measurement: Measurement<UnitInformationStorage>) -> String
```

## Discussion

Converts the measurement to the units allowed by the receiver’s `allowedUnits` before formatting; depending on the value of the measurement, this may result in a string which implies an approximate value (e.g. if the measurement is too large to represent in `allowedUnits`, like `1e20 YB` expressed in `NSByteCountFormatterUseBytes`).

Throws an exception if the given measurement’s unit does not belong to the `NSUnitInformationStorage` dimension.

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