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The Gmisc package

Tools for making:

the descriptive "Table 1" used in medical articles
transition plot for showing changes between categories
flow charts based on the grid package
a method for variable selection based on the SVD
Bézier lines with arrows complementing the ones in the 'grid' package, and more.

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install.packages('Gmisc')

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Version

3.0.4

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Max Gordon

Last Published

August 19th, 2025

Functions in Gmisc (3.0.4)

A function that returns a description median that contains the interquartile range or the full range

A function that returns a description proportion that contains the number and the percentage

Describe the mean

convertShowMissing

A function for converting a show_missing variable.

Get the box coordinates

copyAllNewAttributes

A simple thing to keep the attributes

Connect boxes with an arrow

describeFactors

Describes factor variables

Get statistics for missing data

Get the distance between grid objects

getBezierAdj4Arrw

Gets the bezier points adjusted for an arrow

Gets the next figure caption number

Gets grid value

Gets the last figure caption number

Adds a figure caption number

P-value extractors for getDescriptionStatsBy

getDescriptionStatsBy

Creating of description statistics

getAbsoluteWidth

Translates "npc" widths into absolute units

Formatter wrapper for html_document, facilitates easier porting to docx

An alternative to the internal do.call

An R alternative to the lodash has in JavaScript

insertRowAndKeepAttr

Insert a row into a matrix

Just a simple help with interpreting the radians

Prepares a matrix for htmlTable from a list

getSvdMostInfluential

Gets the maximum contributor variables from svd()

gnrlBezierPoints

Generates a generalized Bézier line

Merging of multiple lists

A wrapper around the htmlTable/latex function

mergeLists_internal

A helper function for mergeLists that does the actual work.

Convert the by-list into a matrix compatible format

prConvert2Coords

Converts an object to coordinates

prCreateBoxCoordinates

Creates coordinates for box

prAddTotalDescColumn

Add a total column to the results

Fixes the caption for elements without caption

prBuildSubLabel

Add a sub-label to boxPropGrob

prFtpHeaderStyle

Helper to ftp_document

prFixDescRownames

Fix rownames for descriptive results

Helper to [getDescriptionStatsBy()]

A path join function

prDescGetAndValidateDefaultRef

A helper function for the description stats

prFtpOtherChanges

Changes lines for XML-conformity

prFtpOtherRemoval

Removes other unwanted lines

prGetDescHeader

Retrieve basic description stats by header

Add a p-value column to the results

prAddDescUnitColumn

Add a units column to the results

prGridPlotTitle

Adds a title to the plot

prGetStatistics

Get statistics according to the type

prGetTextGrobCex

Just a simple acces to the gp$cex parameter

prFtpScriptRemoval

Removes the <script>*</scrip>

prTcPlotBoxColumn

Plots a column of boxes

prPushMarginViewport

Pushes viewport with margins

Finds the matching colors for the new addition based on the original set of colors

Plots the arrows

prTcValidateAndPrepClr

Checks and prepares colors

Helper to [getDescriptionStatsBy()]

Plots the arrows within a single transition set

prTpGetBoxPositions

Gets the box position

prTpGetBoxPropClr

Gets the color for the given box

Plots the box for the transition plot

set_column_labels

Add [Hmisc::label()] to multiple columns

A dense time-span text

A transition plot

An R alternative to the lodash get in JavaScript

Updates the css max-width

set_column_units

Add [Hmisc::unit()] to multiple columns

Plot boxes and arrows

Helper to [getDescriptionStatsBy()]

Collapses a vector for throwing errors

prTpGetBoxSizedTextGrob

Gets the text size for the box

Gets a set of colors or just one color

print.Gmisc_list_of_boxes

validateAndConvertVectorInputs

Checks the input of a vector

Outputs an object

Collection of functions for plotting relations, generating tables, and more.

Create a box with text

bezierArrowGradient

A bezier arrow with gradient

Create a box with a color split

Transition-class

A reference class for generating transition plots

bezierArrowSmpl

A simple bezier arrow

calculateLinesAndArrow

Gets offsetted lines

Checks if unit or number 0-1

Gmisc-deprecated

Deprecated function(s) in Gmisc