r_signif: Format number to defined signify(x,digits = 3)

r_signifR Documentation

Format number to defined signify(x,digits = 3)

Description

Formatting a numerical vector x to a character vector. The format will be defined with respect to the significant digits for each vector index x[]. So the string length of an vector index may vary according to the max(x) and min(x) supplied.

Usage

r_signif(x, significant_digits = 3)

Arguments

x

numerical vector

significant_digits

number of significant digits you prefer.

Details

creates the same result as the Base R function format(x, format = "g", digits = 3), it's just a wrapper with my preferred parameters.

Value

character vector

Author(s)

Florian Wagner florian.wagner@wagnius.ch

Examples

set.seed(123456)
test <- c(25,signif(rnorm(10),3))
test|>paste0()|>writeLines()
test|>r_signif()|>writeLines()
test|>format(format = "g", digits = 3)|>writeLines()
c(25,9255666,0.0000034646465321)|>r_signif()|>writeLines()

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