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

(character)
character vector to display when the values of x are missing. If only one string is provided, it is applied for all missing values. Defaults to "NA".

Value

Formatted text representing the cell x.

Details

A length-zero value for na_str will be interpreted as "NA".

See also

Examples

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

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

# na_str works with multiple values
format_value(c(NA, 1, NA), format = "xx.x (xx.x - xx.x)", na_str = c("NE", "<missing>"))
#> [1] "NE (1.0 - <missing>)"