[Rd] Problem with formatted xtable in R 2.5.0

[Pfaff, Bernhard Dr.]

>I get the same behaviour in 2.4.1 with xtable 1.4-3.  Have you 
>perhaps updated 'xtable' as well as R and are blaming R for an 
>'xtable' 
>change?  As ?print.xtable says
>
>      From version 1.4-3, all non-numeric columns are 
>sanitized, and all
>      LaTeX special characters are sanitised for LaTeX output. See the
>      vignette for an example of customising the sanitization.
>

Dear Prof. Ripley,

many thanks for your swift reply and - as usual - you are dead right
about your conclusion: 
I was not aware of sanitization introduced in 1.4-3 and prior to 2.5.0 I
used an older version of xtable with 2.4.1, although it was not my
intention to blame anybody, except myself now for not having done my
homework properly - flush.

Best,
Bernhard 


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