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Re: table format question

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  • Subject: [mg51452] Re: table format question
  • From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Use NumberPadding thus

NumberForm[#, {4, 1}, NumberPadding -> {"", "0"}]

Steve Luttrell

"Murray Eisenberg" <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote in message 
news:ckt6qs$79a$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>I have a table created by the following input:
>
> counts = {25, 10, 14, 10, 13, 12, 3, 6, 10, 8, 68};
> papers = Plus @@ counts;
> pcts = 100. counts/papers;
> grades = {"A ","A-","B+","B ","B-","C+","C ","C-","D+","D ","F "};
> TableForm[Transpose[
>      {grades, counts, NumberForm[#, {4, 1}] & /@ pcts}],
>      TableHeadings -> {None, {"Grade", "Number", "Per Cent"}}]
>
> 1. How can I get a 0 to display after the decimal point in the last
> column's first and last rows?  (I tried to wrap the entire thing with an
> obvious PaddedForm expression, but that had the unfortunate effect of
> giving me decimals in the 2nd column, which should be integers without
> any decimal point or trailing decimal places whatsoever.)
>
> 2. How can I get the numbers in columns 2 and three to be
> right-justified?  (I tried TableAlignments but that didn't seem to do it.)
>
>
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