Format scientific notation in R

Question

I have a number which show as

a <- 1.34467773e-5.

I want to format it to

a <- 1.34e-5.

How can I do it?

Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '19 at 18:28

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formatC(a, format = "e", digits = 2)

answered Mar 25 '19 at 18:28

Felipe Alvarenga

It's unclear in the question if the desired output is `numeric` or `character`, this is the latter. G5W's comment is the former. – r2evans Mar 25 '19 at 18:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 19:15

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You could also use the function sprintf. For example:

sprintf("%.1e", 0.00008765)

answered Mar 25 '19 at 19:15

Paggles01

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