Converts Numeric Variables into Padded Strings

Mechanism for converting numeric variables into strings for reporting.

Usage

var2string(vars, maxlength = 0, nsig_e = 3, nsig_f = 4)

Arguments

vars

numeric variable or a vector of numeric variables

maxlength

if this value is greater than zero spaces will be added to the beginning of the string until the total length is equal to maxlength

nsig_e

number of significant figures for scientific notation

nsig_f

number of significant figures for numbers (2.123)

Value

Number as a string padded

Examples

var2string(pi, nsig_f=20)
#> [1] "3.14159265358979311600"
var2string(.0001121, nsig_e=2, maxlength=10)
#> [1] "  1.12e-04"