Format Numeric Values as Dollar Amounts

This function formats numeric values as dollar amounts by rounding them to the nearest whole number, adding commas as thousand separators, and prefixing them with a dollar sign.

Usage

dollarize(x)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector to be formatted.

Value

A character vector with the formatted dollar amounts.

Examples

dollarize(1234567.89) # Returns "$1,234,568"
#> [1] "$1,234,568"
dollarize(c(1000, 2500.75, 999999.99)) # Returns c("$1,000", "$2,501", "$1,000,000")
#> [1] "$1,000"     "$2,501"     "$1,000,000"