[R] [External] Re: Package recommendations for outputting table with cell formatting

[Erin Hodgess]

That latex() function is the best thing since sliced bread, Coca Cola, etc.!

Thanks


On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:24 PM Richard M. Heiberger <rmh using temple.edu> wrote:

> To John and everyone else,
>
> Please add Hmisc::latex to your  how-to-make-beautiful-tables-in-r
> document.
> We first included latex() in S in 1995, and it is still actively
> maintained and improved.
>
> Rich
>
> Here are the first few lines of ?latex
>
> Convert an S object to LaTeX, and Related Utilities
>
> Description:
>
>      ‘latex’ converts its argument to a ‘.tex’ file appropriate for
>      inclusion in a LaTeX2e document.  ‘latex’ is a generic function
>      that calls one of ‘latex.default’, ‘latex.function’, ‘latex.list’.
>
>      ‘latex.default’ does appropriate rounding and decimal alignment
>      and produces a file containing a LaTeX tabular environment to
>      print the matrix or data.frame ‘x’ as a table.
>
>      ‘latex.function’ prepares an S function for printing by issuing
>      ‘sed’ commands that are similar to those in the ‘S.to.latex’
>      procedure in the ‘s.to.latex’ package (Chambers and Hastie, 1993).
>      ‘latex.function’ can also produce ‘verbatim’ output or output that
>      works with the ‘Sweavel’ LaTeX style at <URL:
>      http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/SweaveTemplate>.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 11:11 PM John Kane <jrkrideau using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This comes with no guarantee since i have only tried one or two packages
> > mentioned but have a look at <a href="
> > https://rfortherestofus.com/2019/11/how-to-make-beautiful-tables-in-r/">
> R
> > Tables</a>.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 20:28, Dennis Fisher <fisher using plessthan.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > R 4.0.2
> > > OS X
> > >
> > > Colleagues
> > >
> > > I have the unfortunate need to create a large number of tables
> (destined
> > > for a Word document).  I need to color cells depending on the contents,
> > > e.g., blue if the value is < 0.5, red if the value is > 1.5.
> > > If the output went initially to Excel, that would work; outputting
> > > directly to Word would be even better.
> > > I expect that several packages can accomplish this.  I am looking for
> > > recommendations as to which package (or combination) of packages is
> best to
> > > accomplish this.
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
> > > Dennis Fisher MD
> > > P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
> > > Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
> > > www.PLessThan.com
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > John Kane
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Erin Hodgess, PhD
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