This is EXACTLY what I needed. I suppose the only issue was that I needed to isolate the numeric output of PrettyR::describe. Thanks very much!
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > Using the built in BOD data frame: > > library(prettyR) > str(describe(BOD)) # note Numeric component > > BOD.describe.df <- as.data.frame(describe(BOD)$Numeric) > > library(xtable) > xtable(BOD.describe.df) > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:46 PM, jcarmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Hello everyone. I am new to R, so please bear with me. I am trying to >> find >> an easy way to export descriptive statistics and other information about >> my >> data frame to a LaTeX format. >> >> I have found the describe function in PrettyR to be very helpful in >> producing results in the exact format I'm looking for. However, the >> value >> of the describe function is a LIST (rather than a data frame) which I am >> then unable to convert to LaTeX using the xtable package or the latex >> function of Hmisc. When I try to convert the list to a data frame, I get >> an >> error that says "arguments imply differing number of rows." >> >> If that didn't make any sense...ultimately, here is what I'm trying (and >> failing) to produce as a LaTeX document... >> >> MALES FEMALES >> Q10 Med Q90 Q10 Med Q90 >> AGE xx xx xx xx xx >> xx >> BMI xx xx xx xx xx >> xx >> etc. xx xx xx xx xx >> xx >> >> Any help or guidance would be appreciated! Thank you in advanced! >> >> J. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Using-PrettyR-to-produce-LaTeX-output-tp18618195p18618195.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Using-PrettyR-to-produce-LaTeX-output-tp18618195p18695046.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
