From bc42d38210a4b9a97e71b16a592cc68b3578be68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julia Sloan <jsloan@caltech.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:24:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] return string from mem_usage

---
 experiments/AMIP/coupler_driver.jl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/experiments/AMIP/coupler_driver.jl b/experiments/AMIP/coupler_driver.jl
index ae74352608..710bb83389 100644
--- a/experiments/AMIP/coupler_driver.jl
+++ b/experiments/AMIP/coupler_driver.jl
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ function show_memory_usage(comms_ctx, objects, io::Union{Base.TTY, IOContext, IO
                 cumul_size += Base.summarysize(obj)
                 @info "Memory footprint of `$(name)` in GB: $(Base.summarysize(obj) / 1e9)"
             end
-            return cumul_size / 1e9
+            allocs_GB = string(cumul_size / 1e9)
+            return allocs_GB
         end
     else
         @warn "Invalid device type $device; cannot show memory usage."