excel_formula_convert function

Excel formula, convert (to)

Alias for the 'convert_to_excel_formula' function. Convert elements of a character vector to Excel formulas to preserve the character (string) format when opened in an Excel file.

excel_formula_convert(vector = NULL)

Arguments

• vector: a character vector

Returns

the output will be a character vector formatted as an Excel formula. For example, if an element in the input vector was ".500", this element will be converted to =".500", which will show up as ".500" in Excel, rather than as "0.5"

Examples

## Not run:

# compare the two csv files below
# example 1
dt <- data.table::data.table(a = ".500")
data.table::fwrite(dt, "example1.csv") # the csv will show "0.5"
# example 2
dt <- data.table::data.table(a = excel_formula_convert(".500"))
data.table::fwrite(dt, "example2.csv") # the csv will show ".500"
## End(Not run)