decimal: decimal() takes any numeric variable with decimal places, and...

In dacarras/r4sda: Collection of functions to produce descriptives analysis of secondary data and large scale assessments studies

decimal() takes any numeric variable with decimal places, and returns its aproximation of decimal places to a given number.

Description

decimal() takes any numeric variable with decimal places, and returns its aproximation of decimal places to a given number.

Usage

decimal(x, k)

Arguments

x	a numeric vector of a single variable

Details

simple wrapper for 'format(round(x, k), nsmall=k)' function, to format decimal numbers

Value

a string containing a numeric value, with a given number of decimals

Examples

number_with_decimals <- .5838
number_with_two_decimals <- decimal(number_with_decimals,2)
# result is .58
number_with_two_decimals

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