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`cols_align_decimal()` does not work for scientific numbers

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#1,672 opened on May 21, 2024

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Difficulty: [2] IntermediateEffort: [2] MediumFocus: HTML OutputGood First IssuePriority: [3] HighType: ☹︎ Bug

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Description

When I apply cols_align_decimal() to a column that was formated using fmt_scientific(), the decimal point is not aligned (for rows where the power of 10 part is missing).

Reprex:

library(gt)
exibble["num"] |>
  gt() |>
  fmt_scientific() |>
  cols_align_decimal()

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Inspect the underlying formatting logic for scientific numbers and the alignment algorithm in cols align decimal().
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