as_latex: Convert a Table to Latex Code

Description

as_latex() converts an R Object (currently Tatoo_tables and data.frames) to latex code.

save_pdf() is a wrapper around as_latex() for directly saving an R object to .pdf.

view_pdf() is another wrapper for directly viewing an R Object's pdf representation on a pdf viewer (powered by open_file()).

Usage

as_latex(x, ..., kable_options = default_kable_options())
save_pdf(
  x,
  outfile,
  ...,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  papersize = "a4paper",
  orientation = "portrait",
  keep_source = FALSE,
  template = system.file("templates", "save_tex.Rmd", package = "tatoo")
)
view_pdf(x, ...)

Value

as_latex()returns a character scalar of Latex code

save_pdf() returns a the path to the saved file as character

scalar.

view_pdf() returns NULL (invisibly)

Arguments

x: a Tatoo_table, data.frame or a list of data.frames
...: passed on to methods
kable_options: list. Options passed on to knitr::kable(). See default_kable_options() for details.
outfile: character scalar. Path to the output file
overwrite: If TRUE, overwrite any existing file.
papersize: character scalar. Passed on to the latex command \\geometry from the 'geometry' package. Valid values are: a0paper, a1paper, a2paper, a3paper, a4paper, a5paper, a6paper, b0paper, b1paper, b2paper, b3paper, b4paper, b5paper, b6paper, c0paper, c1paper, c2paper, c3paper, c4paper, c5paper, c6paper, b0j, b1j, b2j, b3j, b4j, b5j, b6j, ansiapaper, ansibpaper, ansicpaper, ansidpaper, ansiepaper, letterpaper, executivepaper, legalpaper
orientation: character scalar. Passed on to the latex command \\geometry from the 'geometry' package. Valid values are: portrait, landscape
keep_source: When saving a pdf, also put the Latex source in the same directory.
template: Latex template for the desired output. Use the template file supplied in this package if you want to create your own.

Latex Packages

as_latex requires that the following Latex packages are installed on your system:

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{threeparttablex}

Details

as_latex() and co. are designed to produce nice looking output with a minimum of user input required. This is useful if you want a quick preview or printout of a table. If you need customized Latex the output, you should take a look at the packages kableExtra::kableExtra, xtable, or huxtable.

Examples

Run this code

  as_latex(iris)

if (FALSE) {
  view_pdf(iris)  # Not supported on all systems
}

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