| David Bosak |
The "BEST" format is commonly used in SAS programs. This format constrains the display of a numeric
value to a specified width. Depending on the characteristics of the numeric value, it may be rounded or
not. For very small or large values, the "BEST" format may display the value in scientific notation. If the
value has decimals, the number of decimals shown by "BEST" can change depending on the number of
integer digits. The rules concerning the "BEST" format are in fact quite complicated. Is there any way to
reproduce the "BEST" format in R? This paper will show you how to do it using a recently added feature of
the "fmtr" R package. |