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pander (version 0.3.1)

pandoc.list.return: Create a list

Description

Creates a Pandoc's markdown format list from provided character vector/list.

Usage

pandoc.list.return(elements,
    style = c("bullet", "ordered", "roman"), loose = FALSE,
    add.line.breaks = TRUE, add.end.of.list = TRUE,
    indent.level = 0)

Arguments

elements
character vector of strings
style
the required style of the list
loose
adding a newline between elements
add.line.breaks
adding a leading and trailing newline before/after the list
add.end.of.list
adding a separator comment after the list
indent.level
the level of indent

Value

  • By default this function outputs (see: cat) the result. If you would want to catch the result instead, then call the function ending in .return.

References

John MacFarlane (2012): _Pandoc User's Guide_. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html

Examples

Run this code
## basic lists
pandoc.list(letters[1:5])
pandoc.list(letters[1:5])
pandoc.list(letters[1:5], 'ordered')
pandoc.list(letters[1:5], 'roman')
pandoc.list(letters[1:5], loose = TRUE)

## nested lists
l <- list("First list element", rep.int('sub element', 5), "Second element", list('F', 'B', 'I', c('phone', 'pad', 'talics')))
pandoc.list(l)
pandoc.list(l, loose = TRUE)
pandoc.list(l, 'roman')

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