R: Print Export Tables

print.xtable {xtable}

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Print Export Tables

Description

Function returning and displaying or writing to disk the LaTeX or HTML code associated with the supplied object of class xtable.

Usage

print.xtable(x, type="latex", file="", append=FALSE, floating=TRUE, table.placement = "ht", caption.placement="bottom", latex.environments=c("center"),tabular.environment = "tabular", size=NULL, hline.after=NULL, NA.string = "", ...)

Arguments

`x`	An object of class `"xtable"`.
`type`	Type of table to produce. Possible values for `type` are `"latex"` or `"html"`. Default value is `"latex"`.
`file`	Name of file where the resulting code should be saved. If `file==""`, output is displayed on screen. Note that the function also (invisibly) returns a character vector of the results (which can be helpful for post-processing). Default value is `""`.
`append`	If `TRUE` and `file!=""`, code will be appended to `file` instead of overwriting `file`. Default value is `FALSE`.
`floating`	If `TRUE` and `type="latex"`, the resulting table will be a floating table (using `\begin{table}` and `\end{table}`). Default value is `TRUE`.
`table.placement`	If `floating=TRUE` and `type="latex"`, the floating table will have placement given by `table.placement` where `table.placement` must be `NULL` or contain only elements of {"h","t","b","p","!","H"}. Default value is `"ht"`.
`caption.placement`	The caption will be have placed at the bottom of the table if `caption.placement` is `"bottom"` and at the top of the table if it equals `"top"`. Default value is `"bottom"`.
`latex.environments`	If `floating=TRUE` and `type="latex"`, the specificed latex environments (provided as a character vector) will enclose the tabuluar environment. Default value is `"center"`.
`tabular.environment`	When `type="latex"`, the tabular environment that will be used. Defaults to `"tabular"`. When working with tables that extend more than one page, using `tabular.environment="longtable"` and the LaTeX package `"longtable"` (see Fairbairns, 2005) allows one to typeset them uniformly. Note that `"floating"` should be set to `"FALSE"` when using the `"longtable"` environment.
`size`	An arbitrary character vector intended to be used to set the font size in a LaTeX table. The supplied value (if not `NULL`) is inserted just before the tabular environment starts. Default value is `NULL`.
`hline.after`	When `type="latex"`, a vector of numbers between 1 and `"nrow(x)"`, inclusive, indicating the rows after which a horizontal line should appear. If `NULL` is used, no extra lines are produced. Default value is `NULL`.
`NA.string`	String to be used for missing values in table enteries. Default value is `""`.
`...`	Additional arguments. (Currently ignored.)

Details

This function displays or writes to disk the code to produce a table associated with an object x of class "xtable". The resulting code is either a LaTeX or HTML table, depending on the value of type. The function also (invisibly) returns a character vector of the results (which can be helpful for post-processing).

Author(s)

David Dahl dahl@stat.tamu.edu with contributions and suggestions from many others (see source code).

References

Fairbairns, Robin (2005) Tables longer than a single page The UK List of TeX Frequently Asked Questions on the Web. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=longtab