pretty_percent: Format Numeric Variables as Percentages

In traumar: Calculate Metrics for Trauma System Performance

Format Numeric Variables as Percentages

Description

This function formats numeric variables as percentages with a specified number of decimal places. It refines the output by removing unnecessary trailing zeros after the decimal point and ensures the percentage sign is correctly applied without extraneous characters, resulting in a polished, human-readable percentage representation.

Usage

pretty_percent(variable, n_decimal = 1)

Arguments

variable	A numeric vector representing proportions to format as percentages. The values are on a scale from 0 to 1.
n_decimal	A numeric value specifying the number of decimal places. Defaults to 1.

Value

A character vector containing the formatted percentages.

Author(s)

Nicolas Foss, Ed.D., MS

Examples

# Example usage:
pretty_percent(0.12345)  # Default decimal places
pretty_percent(0.12345, n_decimal = 2)  # Two decimal places
pretty_percent(c(0.1, 0.25, 0.3333), n_decimal = 1)  # Vector input

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