smart_digits: Format numbers with automatic number of digits

In ggthemes: Extra Themes, Scales and Geoms for 'ggplot2'

Format numbers with automatic number of digits

Description

Format numbers with automatic number of digits

Usage

smart_digits(x, ...)

smart_digits_format(x, ...)

Arguments

x	A numeric vector to format
...	Parameters passed to format()

Value

A character vector. smart_digits_format() returns a function with a single argument x, a numeric vector, that returns a character vector.

Author(s)

Josh O'Brien, Baptiste Auguie, Jeffrey B. Arnold

References

Josh O'Brien, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23169938/select-accuracy-to-display-additional-axis-breaks/23171858#23171858.

Examples

smart_digits(c(0.1234, 0.5, 1.25))

smart_digits(c(1234.5678, 2000, 10000))

# A labelling function for use in a scale
library("ggplot2")

ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = wt, y = mpg)) +
  geom_point() +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = smart_digits_format())

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