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Formatting Numbers in 'rmarkdown' Documents

v0.2.0 · May 2, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Provides a small set of tools for formatting numbers in R-markdown documents. Convert a numerical vector to character strings in power-of-ten form, decimal form, or measurement-units form; convert symbols for chemical isotopes from hyphenated form to nuclear form; all are math-delimited for rendering as inline equations. Can also convert text into math-delimited text to match the font face and size of math-delimited numbers. Useful for rendering single numbers in inline R code chunks and for rendering columns in tables.

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updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.4 diff May 2, 2026
new 0.1.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.4 ← 0.1.3 diff May 7, 2024
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Mar 14, 2024
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff Jun 21, 2023
new 0.1.1 Nov 20, 2022