Ulrik: Thanks for reply. I obviously new to R, so I feel if the output on the console looks right I'm half way through my problem. I know it's not WYSIWYG, but it's a quasi start. Thanks. Bruce
______________ > On May 5, 2017, at 8:56 AM, Ulrik Stervbo <ulrik.ster...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > display as in the console or as a table for presentation? > > For the latter, look at sprintf: > > sprintf("%,1f", 1) > sprintf("%.2f", 2.5678) > sprintf("$%.3f", 2.5678) > > HTH > Ulrik > >> On Fri, 5 May 2017 at 14:08 Bruce Ratner PhD <b...@dmstat1.com> wrote: >> R-helpers: >> I need some references for formatting the display of my data frame columns. >> Any guidance will be appreciated. Bruce >> ~~ >> I have a date frame with one column as an integer for which I want a comma >> display, >> one column consisting of dollar amounts, one column for which I want a >> display to two digits after the decimal point, and one column as integers >> ranging between >> 100 - 999. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.