[R] From numeric vector to string vector

[jim holtman]

just using as.character does not add the leading/trailing zeros:

> Vect <- c(12.234, 234.5675, 1.5)
> as.character(Vect)
[1] "12.234"   "234.5675" "1.5"
>


On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Sascha Vieweg <saschaview at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11-02-13 10:48, David Winsemius wrote:
>
>> On Feb 13, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Bogaso Christofer wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi there, I have a numeric vector let say:
>>>
>>>  Vect <- c(12.234, 234.5675, 1.5)
>>>
>>>  Now I want a string vector like:
>>>
>>>  changedVec <- c("012.234", "234.568", "001.500")
>>>
>>
>> ?sprintf
>
> Just for my own understanding: Why not
>
> as.character(Vect)
>
> ?
>
>
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> Sascha Vieweg, saschaview at gmail.com
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Jim Holtman
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