format numeric without leading zero

Question

What's the best way to format a numeric so that it does NOT show leading zero. For example:

test = .006

sprintf/format/formatC( ??? )  # should result in ".006"

Recommended for you: Get network issues from WhatsUp Gold. Not end users.

Answer 1

You can always fix it up yourself with regular expression search-and-replace:

library(stringr)
test = .006
str_replace(as.character(test), "^0\\.", ".")

Not the most elegant answer, but it works. Substitute whatever string conversion you like for as.character, such as sprintf with your preferred floating point format.

format numeric without leading zero

Sign up