Format Numbers Keeping Classes Distinguishable
formatN(x, ...) ## Default S3 method: 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, ...)
x |
any R object, typically “number-like”. |
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potentially further arguments passed to methods. |
a character vector of the same length as x,
each entry a representation of the corresponding entry in x.
Martin Maechler
format, including its (sophisticated) default method;
as.character.
## 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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