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fmt_median

Formatted Median

Description

A function to calculate and format a median.

Usage

fmt_median(x, format = "%.1f")

Arguments

x

The input data vector or data frame column.
format

A formatting string suitable for input into the sprintf function. By default, this format is defined as "%.1f", which displays the value with one decimal place.

Details

This function calculates a median using the stats package median function, and then formats the output using sprintf. You may control the format using the format parameter. Function will ignore any NA values in the input data. Results are returned as a character vector.

Value

The formatted median value.

See Also

Examples

v1 <- c(4.3, 3.7, 8.7, 6.1, 9.2, 5.6, NA, 0.7, 7.8, 4.9)

# Format median
fmt_median(v1)

# Output
# "5.6"
fmtr

Easily Apply Formats to Data

v1.5.0
CC0
Authors
David Bosak
Initial release

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