| Title: | Utilities for Describing and Comparing Data | 
| Version: | 1.0 | 
| Description: | Provides functionality that assists in tabular description and statistical comparison of data. | 
| License: | GPL-3 | 
| Imports: | dplyr, stringr | 
| Encoding: | UTF-8 | 
| RoxygenNote: | 7.2.3 | 
| NeedsCompilation: | no | 
| Packaged: | 2025-09-12 15:26:05 UTC; kueck2 | 
| Author: | Andreas Leha [aut], Fabian Kück [aut, cre] | 
| Maintainer: | Fabian Kück <fabian.kueck@med.uni-goettingen.de> | 
| Repository: | CRAN | 
| Date/Publication: | 2025-09-17 10:40:02 UTC | 
Count Decimal Places in a Number String
Description
Computes the number of decimal places in the character representation of a number.
Usage
decimalplaces(x)
Arguments
x | 
 A character string representing a number.  | 
Value
Integer: The number of digits after the decimal point; 0 if there is no decimal point.
Examples
decimalplaces("3.141")   # returns 3
decimalplaces("42")      # returns 0
Calculate the Time Difference in Years
Description
Code from Dirk Eddelbuettel via Stackoverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/a/15569373/1844418)
Usage
difftime_years(t2, t1)
Arguments
t2 | 
 end time of the interval. Will be coerced to Date  | 
t1 | 
 starting time of the interval. Will be coerced to Date  | 
Value
numeric. t2 - t1 [years]
Author(s)
Andreas Leha
Examples
difftime_years("2003-04-05", "2001-01-01")
digits2text
Description
English text version of number
Usage
digits2text(x, mult = "")
Arguments
x | 
 number to convert  | 
mult | 
 to be appended (like a unit)  | 
Details
Converts a number to a text version of that number
Value
character
Author(s)
Graham Williams Graham.Williams@togawre.com https://rattle.togaware.com/utility.R
Modified formatC with Improved Zero and Exponential Handling
Description
Formats a numeric vector similar to formatC, but tweaks output for certain special cases:
- Attempts to remove trailing decimal points for whole numbers.
- If format is 'fg' and output is "0", falls back to fixed format (f).
- Converts exponential notation to plain numbers where appropriate.
Usage
formatC_mod(x, digits = NULL, format = NULL, ...)
Arguments
x | 
 A numeric vector.  | 
digits | 
 Integer; desired number of digits.  | 
format | 
 Character string specifying the output format; see   | 
... | 
 Further arguments passed to   | 
Value
A character vector with formatted numbers.
Examples
formatC_mod(c(3.14159, 42, 0), digits = 2, format = "fg")
formatC_mod(c(1e-6, 42), digits = 2, format = "fg")
generate [lower quartile; upper quartile]
Description
wrapper around quantile() and format() and paste().
Usage
formatIQR(x, digits = 2, significant_digits = TRUE, ...)
Arguments
x | 
 vector to be summarized  | 
digits | 
 Integer specifying the number of digits to display. Default is 2.  | 
significant_digits | 
 Logical. If   | 
... | 
 passed onto quantile() as well as to format().  meant for arguments   | 
Value
character.
Author(s)
Dr. Andreas Leha
makeEnglishList
Description
Print a text for English prosa
Usage
makeEnglishList(v, sep = ", ", lastsep = ", and ", onlysep = " and ")
Arguments
v | 
 vector  | 
sep | 
 character. spearates all but last entries of   | 
lastsep | 
 character. spearates the last entries of   | 
onlysep | 
 character. spearates the two entries of   | 
Details
Pastes a vector and adds comma and "and" to the correct places
Value
character with plain text English prosa version
Author(s)
Andreas Leha
Examples
## defaut separators
makeEnglishList(c("foo", "bar", "baz"))
makeEnglishList(c("foo", "bar"))
makeEnglishList(c("foo"))
## without the 'Oxford comma'
makeEnglishList(c("foo", "bar", "baz"), lastsep = " and ")
## an 'or' list
makeEnglishList(c("foo", "bar", "baz"), lastsep = ", or ")
round and paste lower and upper (confidence) interval limits
Description
Given 0.56 and 1.22998 this will return [0.56; 1.23].
Usage
prettyCI(conf.low, conf.high, digits = 2)
Arguments
conf.low | 
 numeric vector. lower limits of the (confidence) interval  | 
conf.high | 
 numeric vector of the same length of   | 
digits | 
 numeric. number of digits to round the limits to  | 
Value
character of the form "[conf.low; conf.high]"
Author(s)
Dr. Andreas Leha
Examples
prettyCI(0.56, 1.22998)
prettyNumbers
Description
Pretty print number
Usage
prettyNumbers(vals, digits = 5)
Arguments
vals | 
 numeric  | 
digits | 
 how many significant digits to print  | 
Value
character vector of pretty printed numbers
Author(s)
Fabian Kück
prettyPvalues
Description
Pretty print p-values
Usage
prettyPvalues(
  p_vals,
  digits = 5,
  signiflev = 0.05,
  lhs = NULL,
  lhs_sep = "=",
  orgbold = TRUE,
  roundonly = FALSE
)
Arguments
p_vals | 
 numeric  | 
digits | 
 how many digits to print  | 
signiflev | 
 print in bold face if smaller than this  | 
lhs | 
 character. left hand side of the printed 'formula'. Defaults to NULL, in which case neither lhs nor lhs_sep will be printed.  | 
lhs_sep | 
 character. Separator between lhs and pretty pvalue. Defaults to "<".  | 
orgbold | 
 boolean. Surround significant p values by '*'?. Defaults to TRUE.  | 
roundonly | 
 boolean. if TRUE, do neiter prepend any number with '<' nor do enclose any number with '*'. Defaults to FALSE  | 
Details
Pretty print p-values with org-mode syntax for bold face
Value
character vector of pretty printed p-values
Author(s)
Andreas Leha
wrap all elements in a vector in quotes (or other strings)
Description
wrap all elements in a vector in quotes (or other strings)
Usage
wrapQuote(v, quoteChr = "'", endquoteChr = NULL)
Arguments
v | 
 vector of elements to wrap  | 
quoteChr | 
 character.  to be put around of the elements of
  | 
endquoteChr | 
 character or NULL (default).  If not NULL
  | 
Value
character vector of the elements of v wrapped
between quotes
Author(s)
Andreas Leha
Examples
## default behaviour: wrap in single quotes
wrapQuote(1:10)
## change to wrap in asterisks
wrapQuote(1:10, "*")
## different front from back quotes
wrapQuote(1:10, "*", "/")
## you can also wrap with longer strings
wrapQuote(1:10, "quote")