[R-sig-finance] accounting format

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this:

zz <- matrix(-10:13,6) * 100.11  # test data
format(ifelse(zz < 0, sprintf("(%.2f)", -zz), sprintf("%.2f ", zz)),
justify = "right")


On 3/1/06, Parlamis Franklin <fparlamis at mac.com> wrote:
> does anyone know a quick and dirty way to format numerics so that
> negative values appear as they do in accounting statements
> (surrounded by parentheses), rather than preceded by a negative sign?
>
> i've been toying with format() and formatC(), but can't figure out
> how to do this.  thanks in advance.
>
> franklin parlamis
>
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