R Units

Units is a package to set units on numeric variables.

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Installation

install.packages('units')

Variables with a set unit are sometimes more convenient to use in visualization packages like table1.

The following are all effectively equivalent:

library(units)

units(x) <- "m/s"
units(x) <- as_units("m/s")
units(x) <- make_units(m/s)
x <- set_units(x, m/s)

In a magrittr pipeline, this is a convenient way to use this package:

x %>%
  set_units(m/s) %>%
  ...

Note that make_units can take a bare expression rather than a quoted unit.