[R] 'format' problem

[Andrew C. Ward]

Dear Timur,

sprintf may be what you want:
   sprintf("%.1e", 12345678)
   sprintf("%.1e", 1234567)


Regards,

Andrew C. Ward

CAPE Centre
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
andreww at cheque.uq.edu.au


Quoting Timur Elzhov <Timur.Elzhov at jinr.ru>:

> Dear R experts,
> 
>   format(12345678, digits = 2)
> 
> gives
>   [1] "1.2e+07"
> 
> while
>   format(1234567, digits = 2)
> 
> gives
>   [1] "1234567"
> 
> but I'd like the last number to be represented as
> "1.2e+06" string too.
> 
> Where am I wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Timur.
> 
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