On May 15, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Liao, Hongsheng wrote: > data(tli) > ## Demonstrate data.frame > tli.table <- xtable(tli[1:10,]) > digits(tli.table)[c(2,6)] <- 0 > print(tli.table,floating=FALSE) > > I used above R code to generate Latex code as below. However, Tex Live can't > run the code after I code and paste it to Tex Live. The reasons are: at the > very beginning of the Latex code, two lines are missing: > \documentclass[11pt]{article} > \begin{document} > > At the end of the Latex code, one line is missing: \end{document}. I have to > type those three lines in TeX Live in order to run the code. Does anyone > know how to add those three lines in xtable function in R? Thanks. >
Just use paste(). Note that the help page for ?print.xtable says: "Note that the function also (invisibly) returns a character vector of the results (which can be helpful for post-processing). " -- David. > > % latex table generated in R 3.1.0 by xtable 1.7-3 package > % Thu May 15 14:25:13 2014 > \begin{table}[ht] > \centering > \begin{tabular}{rrlllr} > \hline\hline > & grade & sex & disadvg & ethnicty & tlimth \\ > \hline > 1 & 6 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 43 \\ > 2 & 7 & M & NO & BLACK & 88 \\ > 3 & 5 & F & YES & HISPANIC & 34 \\ > 4 & 3 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 65 \\ > 5 & 8 & M & YES & WHITE & 75 \\ > 6 & 5 & M & NO & BLACK & 74 \\ > 7 & 8 & F & YES & HISPANIC & 72 \\ > 8 & 4 & M & YES & BLACK & 79 \\ > 9 & 6 & M & NO & WHITE & 88 \\ > 10 & 7 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 87 \\ > 11 & 3 & M & NO & WHITE & 79 \\ > 12 & 6 & F & NO & WHITE & 84 \\ > 13 & 8 & M & NO & WHITE & 90 \\ > 14 & 5 & M & NO & WHITE & 73 \\ > 15 & 8 & F & NO & WHITE & 72 \\ > 16 & 6 & F & NO & BLACK & 82 \\ > 17 & 4 & M & NO & WHITE & 69 \\ > 18 & 3 & F & YES & HISPANIC & 17 \\ > 19 & 3 & M & NO & HISPANIC & 37 \\ > 20 & 5 & M & NO & WHITE & 70 \\ > \hline\hline > \end{tabular} > \end{table} > > > > > > Hongsheng (Hank) Liao, PhD. > Lab Manager > Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology > Old Dominion University > 757-683-4571 > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.