pmtables.RdSummarize data sets and create publication-quality tables for inclusion in 'tex' documents.
To create a table with a single function call, use stable() for single
page tables and stable_long() for longtable
Alternatively, use st_new() to create a s-table object and pipe to other
st-functions; see the documentation links in stable() to discover these
functions; finally, create an stable object with st_make()
The functions tab_prime() and triage_data() are called to get the data
frame ready to be in tabular format (see make_tabular()
The function tab_escape() is used to escape % and _ in the table
(sanitization); use options(pmtables.escape = ...) to change the set of
escape characters or set that option to NULL to prevent any sanitization
Any unit of data that has a character escaped with double backslash
(\\) or that contains a math expression with two $ will not be
sanitized
The function tab_escape() also performs the following substitutions:
change ~ to $\\sim$
change > to $>$
change < to $<$
Use pt_cont_wide() to create continuous data summary in wide format
Use pt_cont_long() to create continuous data summary in long format
Use pt_cat_wide() to create discrete data summaries in wide format
Use pt_cat_long() to create discrete data summaries in long format
Use pt_data_inventory() to create a table summarizing observations and
individuals in a data set
All of the above functions return an object with class pmtable, which is
a list; you can access the summarized data by looking at the data slot;
otherwise, pass the pmtable object to stable() or as_stable() in
order to create the table. See class-pmtable for details around this
object
You can configure the digits in these summaries with new_digits()
Make text bold with tex_bold() or italics with tex_it()
Clear repeated values in a column with clear_grouped_values() and
tab_clear_reps()
Use tab_edit() to do find / replace on your data frame
Use df_grep_rows() and df_grepl_rows() to find rows that match a given
pattern
Use sig() or digit1() to control the number of digits that are
displayed; both these functions return character
When you want latex to figure out column widths: cols_left(),
cols_right(), cols_center(), cols_align()
When you want to fix the width of a specific column in the table:
col_ragged(), col_fixed()
Alter column names: tab_cols()
Partition a table into panels: as.panel() and rowpanel()
Create groups of columns with column spanners: colgroup() and
colsplit()
Configure row spacing, column spacing, or font size: tab_size()
Configure the appearance of table notes: noteconf()
Identify rows that are "summary" rows: sumrow(); these rows can get
automatically styled with a label (optionally in bold font) and a
horizontal line above
Use st2viewer() to send s-table output to texPreview::tex_preview()
Use st2article() or st2report() to render several tables in
a stand-alone tex document rendered directly by pdflatex (no involvement
of Rmarkdown or pandoc); this requires pdflatex to be installed and
in your PATH.
Use st2doc() to render a pdf file with one or more tables using pandoc;
in general, use st2article() instead
Pipe tables to st_asis() to render a table in line while knitting an
Rmd document
Use st_wrap() to wrap s-table output in a table
environment and optionally send the output to stdout(); this is helpful
when rendering tables in Rmarkdown documents. There is an st_wrap()
method for longtables that won't add the table environment.
Use as_lscape() to mark stable() or stable_long() output for display
in landscape environment
Use stable_save() to write an stable or stable_long object to file
Note that there is a dir argument to that function that lets you
route the table to a specific directory; dir defaults to the
pmtables.dir option, so setting options(pmtables.dir = "../deliv/table")
will route the table to that directory without requiring additional input
The following latex packages are required in your Rmd or latex document:
threeparttable
array
booktabs
pdflscape
longtable (only when long tables are in the document)
float (mainly if you want to use H placement in your Rmd output)
In Rmd, include these as extra_dependencies. Or try using
st_use_knit_deps() to include these packages via knitr::knit_meta_add();
this is only when you are including a table in a knit Rmd document.
You may also want to include this package:
mathdesign with option utopia
The tables are generated with defaults that look sensible when the table is
rendered with single spacing. If you are working in a 1.5 spaced
environment, the table may look roomy. In that case, load the setspace
package and switch to singlespacing prior to sourcing the table.
If you render tables in an Rmarkdown document with processing by pandoc,
pandoc may make mistakes when parsing the latex code. To keep pandoc
from making parsing errors, use latex code fence. This formatting can
be added to your table with the st_latex() command. You can see what the
fence looks like by running st_latex("abc"). Asserting that the code is
latex can also be accomplished with pt_wrap() and using the
context = "rmd" option. See st2article() for instructions on
how to view a complete working latex example.