I am creating tables displaying numerical data with the gt package in R. I need to display 2 significant figures in my table and want to show trailing zeros if relevant (for aesthetic purposes). For example, I need the number 0.301 to display as 0.30. The number 0.000502 to display as 0.00050. How do I do this? The function signif() displays these values as 0.3 and 0.0005.
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1https://gt.rstudio.com/reference/fmt_number.html, see the `n_sigfig` parameter. – Jon Spring Feb 24 '22 at 22:23
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Just format the values using sprintf before printing them:
sprintf('%#.2g', c(0.301, 0.000502))
[1] "0.30" "0.00050"
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2Thanks for your comment, further to this, how would I get sprintf to not put a decimal place if the number is an integer? I want it to display 11 as "11" not "11." ```sprintf('%#.2g', 11)``` – Nicki_NZ Mar 15 '22 at 22:38