[R] Transferring results from R to MS Word

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try using gsubfn from the gsubfn package:

# test data based on builtin iris data set
mod <- summary(lm(Sepal.Length ~., iris))

library(R2HTML); library(gsubfn)

HTML(mod, file = textConnection("out", "w"))
out2 <- gsubfn("[0-9]+[.][0-9]+", ~ round(as.numeric(x), 2), out)
cat(paste(out2, "\n"), "\n", file = "myfile.html")

Now read myfile.html into Word (or into Excel and then into Word).

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen <backer at psych.uib.no> wrote:
> R-users
>
> At the moment I am teaching a course on the use of R for data analysis.
>  Part of course requirements involves the transfer of results from R to
> something that resembles the APA (American Psychological Associations) type
> tables to MS Word.  Until now I have used the HTML function in the R2HTML
> library, with a call like this:
>
> HTML(summary(model1), file("clipboard", "w"), digits=4)
>
> Where "model1" is an object containing results from a linear model (function
> lm ()).  I have to add that I do not remember where I got the digits
> argument from.  The main point is that the output is transferred to Excel as
> the first step where the output can be deleted and shuffled in order to
> produce a correctly formatted table according to APA standards which then is
> transferred to MS Word with a copy and paste operation.
>
> The problem is simply that what is tranferred to Excel varies with what you
> throw at the HTML function.  Nothing is rounded of with an lm() model.  With
> a function like sd () I seem to consistently get 2 decimal points
> transferred, less than what I want, while there are variations in respect to
> the number of decimals when I transfer the result on the summary () using a
> frame as the argument.
>
> The optimal thing for me (and the students) would be to consistently have
> all the decimals tranferred to Excel, any rounding to could be done there
> before the transfer of the table to MS Word.  Alternatively, that something
> like the argument digits=x works in a consistent manner with at least most
> objects.
>
> So:
>
> What do I tell my students on what to do using R2HTML in order to obtain
> consistent results?
>
> Alternativly: are there other alternatives I and my students could use for
> the transfer of results from R via Excel to MS Word?
>
> I really would appreciate some suggestions.
>
> Tom
>
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