Is this what you want:

> paste("$", format(1e6, big.mark = ',', format = 'f'), sep='')
[1] "$1,000,000"
>


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:51 PM,
<sachinthaka.abeyward...@allianz.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to create labels to plot such that it doesn't show up as
> scientific notation. So for example how do I get R to show 1e06 as
> $1,000,000.
>
> I was wondering if there was a single function which allows you to do that,
> the same way that as.Date() allows you to show in date format on a plot.
>
> Thanks,
> Sachin
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