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: (string or function)
the format label (string) or formatter function to apply to x.
output: (string)
output type.
na_str: (string)
string to display 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"