tern (version 0.9.8)

format_sigfig: Format numeric values by significant figures

Description

Format numeric values to print with a specified number of significant figures.

Usage

format_sigfig(sigfig, format = "xx", num_fmt = "fg")

Value

An rtables formatting function.

Arguments

sigfig

(integer(1))
number of significant figures to display.

format

(string)
the format label (string) to apply when printing the value. Decimal places in string are ignored in favor of formatting by significant figures. Formats options are: "xx", "xx / xx", "(xx, xx)", "xx - xx", and "xx (xx)".

num_fmt

(string)
numeric format modifiers to apply to the value. Defaults to "fg" for standard significant figures formatting - fixed (non-scientific notation) format ("f") and sigfig equal to number of significant figures instead of decimal places ("g"). See the formatC() format argument for more options.

See Also

Other formatting functions: extreme_format, format_auto(), format_count_fraction(), format_count_fraction_fixed_dp(), format_count_fraction_lt10(), format_extreme_values(), format_extreme_values_ci(), format_fraction(), format_fraction_fixed_dp(), format_fraction_threshold(), format_xx(), formatting_functions

Examples

fmt_3sf <- format_sigfig(3)
fmt_3sf(1.658)
fmt_3sf(1e1)

fmt_5sf <- format_sigfig(5)
fmt_5sf(0.57)
fmt_5sf(0.000025645)