#7 – Round a number

R packages:

Required packages

This snippet only requires base. You do not need to load any package.

Snippet

To round a numerical value, use round().

round(54.87)
Code language: R (r)

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Number of digits

You can specify how many digits you want with digits. If digits is not specified, round() defaults to zero digits.

round(54.87, digits = 1)
Code language: R (r)

Variables

You can use variables, providing they are of type numeric:

x <- 54.87
round(x)
Code language: R (r)

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