[R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s

A simple question, but I can't find something to do what I want: Given: a vector of numbers, like lambda - c(0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.08) Desired: format them in minimal space for use as plot labels, ie, without leading or tailing 0s. For this example: lambdaf - c(0, .005, .01, .02,

Re: [R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s

Here's one way to get rid of leading zeros before the decimal point: gsub(^0\\., \\., as.character(lambda)) [1] 0.005 .01 .02 .04 .08 Sarah On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Michael Friendly frien...@yorku.ca wrote: A simple question, but I can't find something to do what I want:

Re: [R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s

.. and if you want to simultaneously handle possible multiple trailing zeros (not sure whether this could even happen) (somewhat but not completely tested) lambda - c(0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.08) gsub(^0(\\..*[^0])0*$,\\1,lambda) [1] 0.005 .01 .02 .04 .08 Note that the

Re: [R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s

-project.org] On Behalf Of Bert Gunter Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:57 AM To: Sarah Goslee Cc: R-help; Michael Friendly Subject: Re: [R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s .. and if you want to simultaneously handle possible multiple trailing zeros (not sure whether this could

Re: [R] format numbers without leading or trailing 0s

Omitting the leading zero is dangerous, since the decimal point can disappear in a poor hardcopy leading to later misinterpretation. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live...