emdbook (version 1.0.8.1)

scinot: Scientific notation as LaTeX/expression()

Description

Takes a number and returns a version formatted in LaTeX (suitable for use with Sexpr() in an Sweave document) or in expression() (suitable for plotting)

Usage

scinot(x, format = c("latex", "expression"), delim="$",
pref="", ...)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector (of length 1)

format

produce LaTeX or expression() format?

delim

delimiter to add at beginning and end (latex only)

pref

text to put before expression (expression only)

...

additional arguments to formatC

Value

• a character vector (if latex) or expression (if expression)

See Also

formatC, expression, plotmath, latexSN in the Hmisc package

Examples

scinot(1e-5)
scinot(1e-5,digits=0)
scinot(1e-5,"expression")
scinot(1e-5,"expression",pref="p=")