Converts a (possibly compound) value into a string using the format information — format_value • formatters

Converts a (possibly compound) value into a string using the format information

Usage

format_value(x, format = NULL, output = c("ascii", "html"), na_str = "NA")

Arguments

x: ANY. The value to be formatted
format: character(1) or function. The format label (string) or formatter function to apply to x.
output: character(1). output type
na_str: character(1). String that should be displayed when the value of x is missing. Defaults to "NA".

Value

formatted text representing the cell x.

Details

A length-zero value for na_str will be interpreted as "NA", as will any missing values within a non-length-zero na_str vector.

See also

Examples


x <- format_value(pi, format = "xx.xx")
x
#> [1] "3.14"

format_value(x, output = "ascii")
#> [1] "3.14"