Prevent as.character from using exponential notation r

Question

Is there a way to prevent as.character from using exponential notation? For example, I have

num <- c(9999999, 10000000)
char <- as.character(num)
char
[1] "9999999" "1e+07"

But instead I would like to have char be "9999999" "10000000". Thanks!

This is almost surely a `options(scipen...)` rather than a formatting issue — smci, Feb 13 '18 at 01:12

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '18 at 23:03

7

format is the function that lets you choose how you want your numbers formatted when converting to character. In this case, something like

format(c(9999999, 10000000), scientific = FALSE, trim = TRUE)
#> [1] "9999999"  "10000000"

answered Feb 12 '18 at 23:03

alistaire

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 00:10

5

You can also use options(scipen = 999) in the beginning of your R script to completely disable scientific notation

answered Feb 13 '18 at 00:10

Tung

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