Max,

Thank you very much! I'll give LaTeX a go (haven't used it in a while). Is
there a recommended distribution of LaTeX for Windows?

Aleksey

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Max Kuhn <mxkuhn@gmail.com> wrote:

> That isn't hard to do with Sweave.
>
> Within you if branch, you can have your code write out any markup you
> choose (including \section). For figures, I would suggest writing the
> image file "manually" (i.e with the code chunk option fig = FALSE) and
> also write out the \includegraphics statements too.
>
> With odfWeave, it is more difficult. Adding sections isn't obvious to
> me, although odfCat might be able to do it. Figures are more
> problematic. The way odfWeave works right now, whenever you use fig =
> TRUE in the chunk, odfWeave sets up the figure environment in the
> document (whether you produce an actual image or not). My recollection
> was that there wasn't any way around this, but it's been a thorn in my
> side for a while.
>
> I suggest using LaTeX in the short term to do this.
>
> Max
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Aleksey Naumov <anaumov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear R and Sweave users,
> >
> > Is there a way to have optional sections in a Sweave-generated report
> > document, complete with section header(s), text and code chunks? In other
> > words, I'd like for my report to include or omit certain sections based
> on
> > the data itself.
> >
> > For example, If I examine the input dataset early on in the report and
> set a
> > variable has_daily_data = TRUE, then I'd like to have a section that
> looks
> > at the daily data in detail, with subsections, text and code chunks. What
> > facilities do I have in Sweave (or odfWeave) for that?
> >
> > Perhaps, for code chunks, I could wrap all the code inside in
> > if(has_daily_data) {...}? What about inserting conditional text and
> > sections? Would it make sense to split the document into subdocuments and
> > somehow include the optional subdocuments only if needed? How would I go
> > about that?
> >
> > Would appreciate any pointers. Thank you,
> > Aleksey
> >
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> Max
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