Another options is:
sprintf("%.0E", 0.2)

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Henrique Dallazuanna <wwwhsd@gmail.com>wrote:

> You can try this:
> toupper(format(0.2, scientific = TRUE))
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Wittmer, Irene <Irene.Wittmer@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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