cwhmisc (version 2.0.1)

formatFix: Format to a fixed format representation

Description

formatFix formats to fixed point number format. It 'writes' x with sign (" " or "-") and 'before' decimals before the "." and with 'after' decimals after the ".". If 'after'==0 then the "." will be omitted.

There will always be at least one decimal digit before the "."

If 'before' is too small to represent x: if extend==TRUE, the string will be extended, else a string consisting of "*" of length before+after will be given.

If $abs(x) >= 10^8$ values very near $10^k$ cannot be represented exactly, so the normal format will be used.

Names are retained.

Usage

formatFix(x,after,before=2,extend=TRUE)

Arguments

x

The number to be represented.

after

The number of decimals after ".".

before

The minimum number of decimals before ".".

extend

Extend string if necessary.

Value

• The string representing the fixed point format of x.

Examples

xxbig <- c(1.2e9,3.51e23,6.72e120,NaN)
xx    <- c(0.001,92,exp(1),1000*pi)
formatFix(c(-rev(xxbig),-rev(xx),0,NA,xx,xxbig),0,3)
#> [1] "    NaN" "-7e+120" " -4e+23" " -1e+09" "  -3142" "     -3" "    -92"
#> [8] "     -0" "      0" "     NA" "      0" "     92" "      3" "   3142"
#> [15] "  1e+09" "  4e+23" " 7e+120" "    NaN"
formatFix(c(-rev(xxbig),-rev(xx),0,NA,xx,xxbig),0,3,FALSE)
#> [1] "NaN" "***" "***" "***" "***" " -3" "-92" " -0" "  0" " NA" "  0" " 92"
#> [13] "  3" "***" "***" "***" "***" "NaN"
formatFix(c(-rev(xxbig),-rev(xx),0,NA,xx,xxbig),6,3)
#> [1] "         NaN" "  -6.72e+120" "   -3.51e+23" "    -1.2e+09" "-3141.592654"
#> [6] "   -2.718282" "  -92.000000" "   -0.001000" "    0.000000" "          NA"
#> [11] "    0.001000" "   92.000000" "    2.718282" " 3141.592654" "     1.2e+09"
#> [16] "    3.51e+23" "   6.72e+120" "         NaN"
formatFix(c(-rev(xxbig),-rev(xx),0,NA,xx,xxbig),6,3,FALSE)
#> [1] "       NaN" "-6.72e+120" " -3.51e+23" "  -1.2e+09" "**********"
#> [6] " -2.718282" "-92.000000" " -0.001000" "  0.000000" "        NA"
#> [11] "  0.001000" " 92.000000" "  2.718282" "**********" "   1.2e+09"
#> [16] "  3.51e+23" " 6.72e+120" "       NaN"