multiple: multiple

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multiple

Description

Order of Magnitude Formatter

Usage

multiple(x, multiple = c("K", "M", "B", "T", "H", "k", "m", "b", "t",
  "h"), big.mark = ",", extra, digits = 0, prefix = "",
  scientific = FALSE)

Arguments

x	Vector of numbers to be formatted.
multiple	The multiple to display numbers in. This symbol will be added to the end of the numbers.
big.mark	Character specifying the thousands separator
extra	DEPRECATED, use big.mark and prefix instead: Function for perform any further formatting.
digits	Number of decimal places for rounding.
prefix	Symbol to put in front of the numbers such as a dollar sign.
scientific	Logical (default: FALSE) indicating if the numbers should be returned in scientific notation.

Details

This divides the number by the appropriate amount and adds on the corresponding symbol at the end of the number.

Value

Character vector of formatted numbers.

Author(s)

Jared P. Lander

Examples

require(scales)
vect <- c(1000, 1500, 23450, 21784, 875003780)
multiple(vect)
multiple(vect, extra=dollar)
multiple(vect, extra=identity)

require(ggplot2)
data(diamonds)
ggplot(diamonds, aes(x=x, y=y, color=price*100)) + geom_point() + 
scale_color_gradient2(labels=multiple)

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