> On Sep 27, 2018, at 9:35 AM, David Disabato <ddisa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi R-help, > > I was wondering if it was possible for a column of a dataframe to print > some numbers in standard notation and some in scientific notation. Say my > column of data (i.e., dat$x) has numbers between 0 and 1 with a few numbers > very close to 0. When using the "scipen" argument in "options," R seems to > print all numbers of a column in scientific notation if one number in the > column is a decimal with a starting digit smaller than the "scipen" > argument. It is annoying that is changes ALL numbers in that column to > scientific notation though. For example, I do want .00000000000000000001 in > scientific notation, but I want .52 in standard form. Ideally, an example > dataframe column would print as something like this: > > print(dat$x) > .52 > .17 > .03 > 1.0e-20 > > However, I cannot figure out how to do this. Any solutions people are aware > of?
Perhaps cat? > cat(x) 0.52 0.17 0.03 1e-20 > > -- > David J. Disabato, M.A. > Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student > George Mason University > ddisa...@gmu.edu > > Email is not a secure form of communication as information and > confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. Information provided in an email is > not intended to be a professional service. In the case of a crisis or > emergency situation, call 911. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
