[R] Scientific Format E

jim holtman
2009-08-05T12:20:30Z

Use 'sprintf' to format your data before writing out:

> sprintf("%G", runif(10,1e6, 1e10))
 [1] "3.67382E+09" "9.47111E+09" "1.02591E+09"
"5.368E+09"
"8.17346E+08" "2.89006E+09" "6.62398E+09"
"1.29721E+09" "9.99348E+09"
[10] "6.73539E+09"


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Wittmer, Irene<Irene.Wittmer at eawag.ch>
wrote:
>
> Dear Helpers,
>
> I would like to export a large dataset to a txt file in order to use it
> in an other programm.
> Unfurtunatly the R the scientific format is a small e:
>
> 2 e-1
>
> while the other programm requires the format to be a capital E:
>
> 2E-1
>
> How can I change this in R?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> PS: I already found the command to turn them into a non scientific
> format (scientific=FALSE)
>
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