flextable (version 0.5.6)

set_formatter: set column formatter functions

Description

Define formatter functions associated to each column key. Functions have a single argument (the vector) and are returning the formatted values as a character vector.

Usage

set_formatter(x, ..., values = NULL, part = "body")
set_formatter_type(x, fmt_double = "%.03f", fmt_integer = "%.0f",
  fmt_date = "%Y-%m-%d", fmt_datetime = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
  true = "true", false = "false", na_str = "")

Arguments

x

a flextable object

...

Name-value pairs of functions, names should be existing col_key values

values

a list of name-value pairs of functions, names should be existing col_key values. If values is supplied argument ... is ignored.

part

partname of the table (one of 'body' or 'header' or 'footer')

fmt_double, fmt_integer

arguments used by sprintf to format double and integer columns.

fmt_date, fmt_datetime

arguments used by format to format date and date time columns.

false, true

string to be used for logical columns

na_str

string for NA values

set_formatter_type

set_formatter_type is an helper function to quickly define formatter functions regarding to column types.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
ft <- flextable( head( iris ) )
ft <- set_formatter( x = ft,
        Sepal.Length = function(x) sprintf("%.02f", x),
        Sepal.Width = function(x) sprintf("%.04f", x)
      )
ft <- theme_vanilla( ft )
ft
# }