Hi Charles,
Thanks for your answer! I am still struggling with two problems with
respect to the example I gave in my message. I have 2 approaches, but each
of them has its limitations, and there are things I cannot do so far with
each of them

1.If I use the following stable command:
print(outfile,floating=F, include.rownames=F, caption="title",
caption.placement="bottom")
then, no title appears in the latex code generated by R, which I copy below:

% latex table generated in R 2.13.1 by xtable 1.6-0 package
% Sat Feb  4 11:56:13 2012
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
  \hline
  & V1 & V2 \\
  \hline
 &  &  \\
  6.91 & 500.00 & 4.00 \\
  400.00 &  & 400.00 \\
   \hline
\end{tabular}

But, I found how to add the title in my latex editor.
If I use the following code, it works fine:

\documentclass[11pt]{report}

\usepackage{rotating}

% \usepackage[counterclockwise]{rotating}

\usepackage{graphics}

\usepackage{float}

\usepackage{capt-of}


\pagestyle{empty}


\begin{document}

%\begin{center}

\begin {sidewaystable}{ % rotate the table

\caption{Table Title}

%\centering

\scalebox{0.70} { %resize


% latex table generated in R 2.13.1 by xtable 1.6-0 package

% Sat Feb  4 11:50:29 2012

\begin{tabular}{ccc}

  \hline

  & V1 & V2 \\

  \hline

 &  &  \\

  6.91 & 500.00 & 4.00 \\

  400.00 &  & 400.00 \\

   \hline

\end{tabular}

\notes: note


}

}

\end{sidewaystable}



%\end{center}

\end{document}


However, if I use this solution, I could not find a way to write a
note below the table. I found a way to write one note but I can't
rotate it and place it below the table


2. The second approach, relies on the following R code:


print(outfile, include.rownames=F,
floating.environment='sidewaystable', floating=T,
caption.placement="bottom")


This solution could be the best, because it incorporates the sideways
command and the title. But then, I was unable to rescale it, when I use
scalebox (see below). It generates error messages.

documentclass[11pt]{report}

\usepackage{rotating}

% \usepackage[counterclockwise]{rotating}

\usepackage{graphics}

\usepackage{float}

\usepackage{capt-of}


\pagestyle{empty}


\begin{document}

\scalebox[0.7]{

% latex table generated in R 2.13.1 by xtable 1.6-0 package

% Sat Feb  4 12:02:09 2012

\begin{sidewaystable}[ht]

\begin{center}

\begin{tabular}{ccc}

  \hline

  & V1 & V2 \\

  \hline

 &  &  \\

  6.91 & 500.00 & 4.00 \\

  400.00 &  & 400.00 \\

   \hline

\end{tabular}

\caption{Title}

\end{center}

\end{sidewaystable}

}

%\end{center}

\end{document}



So, I have 2 approaches, but none of them brings me what I want so far.


Thanks for any suggestion,


Best,

Aurelien


2012/2/3 Charles Roosen <croosen@mango-solutions.com>

> Hi,
>
> I'm the maintainer for "xtable" and I'm putting some enhancements in at
> the moment.  I could add in a scalebox argument.
>
> Would this go outside or inside the "center" block?
>
>    > > \begin{sidewaystable}[ht]
>    > >
>    > > \begin{center}
>    > >
>    > > \begin{tabular}{ccc}
>
> Secondly, what combination of arguments is giving you LaTeX with no
> caption?
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie Roosen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Aurélien PHILIPPOT
> Sent: 01 February 2012 19:38
> To: Ista Zahn; R-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Problem with xtable- rescaling a table
>
> Thanks Ista.
> Your suggestion works.
> When I make the option floating=F, the caption no longer appears in the
> Tex code generated by xtable. If I had \caption {Title} in the code, it
> does not seem to work.
>  \documentclass[11pt]{report}
>
> \usepackage{rotating}
>
>  %\usepackage[counterclockwise]{rotating}
>
> \usepackage{graphics}
>
> \usepackage{float}
>
>
> \pagestyle{empty}
>
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{sidewaystable}[ht]
>
> \scalebox{0.7}{
>
>
> % latex table generated in R 2.13.1 by xtable 1.6-0 package
>
> % Wed Feb  1 10:29:25 2012
>
> \begin{tabular}{ccc}
>
>  \hline
>
>  & V1 & V2 \\
>
>  \hline
>
>  &  &  \\
>
>  6.91 & 500.00 & 4.00 \\
>
>  400.00 &  & 400.00 \\
>
>   \hline
>
> \end{tabular}
>
> \caption{Title}
>
> }
>
> \end{sidewaystable}
>
> \end{document}
>
>
> So, I am faced with a dilemma. If I use the code from my previous email, I
> could have the landscape and the title work, but if I incorporate scalebox
> in Latex it does not work. If I use the floating=F solution, I can rescale
> and landscape, but I have troubles having a caption. That's weird.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Aurelien
>
>
>
>
> 2012/2/1 Ista Zahn <istazahn@gmail.com>
>
> Hi,
> >
> > It looks like you need scalebox inside the sidewaystable environment.
> > If you must use scalebox, one solution is to use floating=FALSE when
> > you call print.xtable, and insert the table environment directly in
> > LaTeX, like
> > this:
> >
> > \begin{sidewaystable}[ht]
> > \scalebox{0.7}{
> > <<code1,results=tex,echo=false>>=
> > print(outfile, include.rownames=F, floating = FALSE) @ }
> > \end{sidewaystable}
> >
> > Alternatively, since the size of the table is determined by the size
> > of the text in the table, you can just tell LaTeX to use a smaller font,
> e.g.
> >
> > <<results=tex,echo=false>>=
> > print(outfile, include.rownames=F,
> > floating.environment='sidewaystable',
> > size
> > = "scriptsize")
> > @
> >
> > Best,
> > Ista
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:41:27 PM Aurélien PHILIPPOT wrote:
> > > Dear R users,
> > > I am new to Latex and I am using the R package xtable to generate
> tables.
> > > I want to produce a table that is very long.  in the landscape
> > > format,
> > but
> > > I would need to rescale the table so that it fits in the page.
> > > xtable enables me to have the landscape format, but I cannot rescale
> > > it, and
> > there
> > > seems to be a problem, if I use scalebox in Latex on my output
> > > produced with stable and the option sidewaystable. Do you know any
> > > way to achieve this result with xtable or another R package?
> > >
> > > Let's look at the following example:
> > > In R, I use the following code
> > >
> > > ##############
> > > outfile<- matrix(nrow=3, ncol=3)
> > > outfile[2,1]<- 6.912
> > > outfile[3,1]<- 400
> > > outfile[2,2]<- 8.9722
> > > outfile[2,2]<- 500
> > > outfile[2,3]<- 4.00
> > > outfile[3,3]<- 400
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > library(xtable)
> > > outfile<- data.frame(outfile)
> > > colnames(outfile)<- c(" ","V1", "V2")
> > >
> > > outfile<- xtable(outfile, caption= "Title", include.rownames=F,
> > > align=rep("c", 4), digit=2) print(outfile, include.rownames=F,
> > > floating.environment='sidewaystable')
> > > ################
> > >
> > > I was wondering if it is possible to rescale in Latex when  the code
> > > was generated through xtable.  Indeed, when I run the latex table
> > > obtained
> > from
> > > xtable, and use scale box, it does not work (and the problem comes
> > > from scalebox, which works otherwise).
> > >
> > > \documentclass[11pt]{report}
> > >
> > > \usepackage{rotating}
> > >
> > >  %\usepackage[counterclockwise]{rotating}
> > >
> > > \usepackage{graphics}
> > >
> > > \usepackage{float}
> > >
> > >
> > > \pagestyle{empty}
> > >
> > >
> > > \begin{document}
> > >
> > > \scalebox{0.70} { %resize
> > >
> > >
> > > % latex table generated in R 2.13.1 by xtable 1.6-0 package
> > >
> > > % Tue Jan 31 23:26:10 2012
> > >
> > > \begin{sidewaystable}[ht]
> > >
> > > \begin{center}
> > >
> > > \begin{tabular}{ccc}
> > >
> > >   \hline
> > >
> > >   & V1 & V2 \\
> > >
> > >   \hline
> > >
> > >  &  &  \\
> > >
> > >   6.91 & 500.00 & 4.00 \\
> > >
> > >   400.00 &  & 400.00 \\
> > >
> > >    \hline
> > >
> > > \end{tabular}
> > >
> > > \caption{Title}
> > >
> > > \end{center}
> > >
> > > \end{sidewaystable}
> > >
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > \end{document}
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot for any advice.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Aurelien
> > >
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