[R] Combine graphical and textual output

Jim Lemon jim at bitwrit.com.au
Mon Jul 2 13:13:03 CEST 2007


Dieter Vanderelst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know whether anybody knows a simple way to combine 
> textual and graphical output in R.
> 
> A typical analysis produces textual output (e.g. model fits) and plots 
> in R. I would like to know whether R has the possibility of combining 
> these into a single 'report' or output. An example of a program that 
> does this is SPSS. After running the analysis you have a combination of 
> textual output (tables) and plots that are easy to print and distribute.
> 
> I know of the possibility to embed R code into LATEX (using Sweave), but 
> I wouldn't call this quick since a lot of coding will go into writing 
> the Sweave file.
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
And to further complicate the issue, you could look at the htmlize and 
R2html in the prettyR package, which allows you to run an R script and 
produce HTML output.

Jim



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