Fast formatting of numbers

This is a formatting function for consistent number reporting.

Usage

cff(num, low_ci, up_ci, dig = 0, method = c("num_only", "num_ci", "ci"))

Arguments

num

A numeric. The number to format.

low_ci

A numeric. Lower end of a confidence interval

up_ci

A numeric. Upper end of a confidence interval

dig

A numeric. Number of digits

method

What sort of printing do you need? (see Details)

Value

A character vector with the formatted number(s)

Details

Set method according to the printing you like: a unique number with num_only (default), the number and its confidence interval with num_ci, a ci only (for example a range of time to onset) The function properly returns NA when input is missing.

Examples

num <- c(0.1, 0.02, 1.658)

cff(num)
#> [1] "0" "0" "2"

cff(num, dig = 2)
#> [1] "0.10" "0.02" "1.66"

cff(num = num[[1]],
     low_ci = num[[2]],
     up_ci = num[[3]],
     method = "num_ci",
     dig = 2)
#> [1] "0.10 (0.02-1.66)"