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gmp (version 0.5-4)

formatN: Format Numbers Keeping Classes Distinguishable

Description

Format (generalized) numbers in a way that their classes are distinguishable. Contrary to format() which uses a common format for all elements of x, here, each entry is formatted individually.

Usage

formatN(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'default':
formatN(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'integer':
formatN(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'double':
formatN(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'bigz':
formatN(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'bigq':
formatN(x, ...)

Arguments

x
any Robject, typically number-like.
...
potentially further arguments passed to methods.

Value

  • a character vector of the same length as x, each entry a representation of the corresponding entry in x.

See Also

format, including its (sophisticated) default method; as.character.

Examples

Run this code
## Note that each class is uniquely recognizable from its output:
formatN(    -2:5)# integer
formatN(0 + -2:5)# double precision
formatN(as.bigz(-2:5))
formatN(as.bigq(-2:5, 4))

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