3 \title{Print Export Tables}
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5 Function returning and displaying or writing to disk the LaTeX or HTML
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6 code associated with the supplied object of class \code{xtable}.
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9 \method{print}{xtable}(x,
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10 type = getOption("xtable.type", "latex"),
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11 file = getOption("xtable.file", ""),
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12 append = getOption("xtable.append", FALSE),
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13 floating = getOption("xtable.floating", TRUE),
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14 floating.environment = getOption("xtable.floating.environment", "table"),
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15 table.placement = getOption("xtable.table.placement", "ht"),
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16 caption.placement = getOption("xtable.caption.placement", "bottom"),
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17 caption.width = getOption("xtable.caption.width", NULL),
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18 latex.environments = getOption("xtable.latex.environments", c("center")),
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19 tabular.environment = getOption("xtable.tabular.environment", "tabular"),
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20 size = getOption("xtable.size", NULL),
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21 hline.after = getOption("xtable.hline.after", c(-1,0,nrow(x))),
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22 NA.string = getOption("xtable.NA.string", ""),
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23 include.rownames = getOption("xtable.include.rownames", TRUE),
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24 include.colnames = getOption("xtable.include.colnames", TRUE),
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25 only.contents = getOption("xtable.only.contents", FALSE),
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26 add.to.row = getOption("xtable.add.to.row", NULL),
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27 sanitize.text.function = getOption("xtable.sanitize.text.function", NULL),
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28 sanitize.rownames.function = getOption("xtable.sanitize.rownames.function",
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29 sanitize.text.function),
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30 sanitize.colnames.function = getOption("xtable.sanitize.colnames.function",
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31 sanitize.text.function),
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32 math.style.negative = getOption("xtable.math.style.negative", FALSE),
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33 html.table.attributes = getOption("xtable.html.table.attributes",
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35 print.results = getOption("xtable.print.results", TRUE),
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36 format.args = getOption("xtable.format.args", NULL),
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37 rotate.rownames = getOption("xtable.rotate.rownames", FALSE),
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38 rotate.colnames = getOption("xtable.rotate.colnames", FALSE),
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39 booktabs = getOption("xtable.booktabs", FALSE),
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40 scalebox = getOption("xtable.scalebox", NULL),
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41 width = getOption("xtable.width", NULL),
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42 comment = getOption("xtable.comment", TRUE),
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43 timestamp = getOption("xtable.timestamp", date()),
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46 \item{x}{An object of class \code{"xtable"}.}
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47 \item{type}{Type of table to produce. Possible values for \code{type}
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48 are \code{"latex"} or \code{"html"}.
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49 Default value is \code{"latex"}.}
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50 \item{file}{Name of file where the resulting code should be saved. If
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51 \code{file=""}, output is displayed on screen. Note that the
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52 function also (invisibly) returns a character vector of the results
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53 (which can be helpful for post-processing).
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54 Default value is \code{""}.}
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55 \item{append}{If \code{TRUE} and \code{file!=""}, code will be
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56 appended to \code{file} instead of overwriting \code{file}.
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57 Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
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58 \item{floating}{If \code{TRUE} and \code{type="latex"}, the resulting
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59 table will be a floating table (using, for example,
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60 \code{\\begin\{table\}} and \code{\\end\{table\}}). See
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61 \code{floating.environment} below.
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62 Default value is \code{TRUE}. }
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63 \item{floating.environment}{If \code{floating=TRUE} and
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64 \code{type="latex"}, the resulting table uses the specified floating
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65 environment. Possible values include \code{"table"}, \code{"table*"},
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66 and other floating environments defined in LaTeX packages.
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67 Default value is \code{"table"}.}
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68 \item{table.placement}{If \code{floating=TRUE} and
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69 \code{type="latex"}, the floating table will have placement given by
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70 \code{table.placement} where \code{table.placement} must be
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71 \code{NULL} or contain only elements of
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72 \{"h","t","b","p","!","H"\}.
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73 Default value is \code{"ht"}.}
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74 \item{caption.placement}{The caption will be placed at the bottom
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75 of the table if \code{caption.placement} is \code{"bottom"} and at
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76 the top of the table if it equals \code{"top"}.
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77 Default value is \code{"bottom"}.}
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78 \item{caption.width}{The caption will be placed in a \code{"parbox"}
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79 of the specified width if \code{caption.width} is not \code{NULL} and
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80 \code{type="latex"}. Default value is \code{NULL}.}
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81 \item{latex.environments}{If \code{floating=TRUE} and
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82 \code{type="latex"}, the specified LaTeX environments (provided as
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83 a character vector) will enclose the tabular environment.
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84 Default value is \code{"center"}. }
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85 \item{tabular.environment}{When \code{type="latex"}, the tabular
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86 environment that will be used.
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87 When working with tables that extend more than one page, using
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88 \code{tabular.environment="longtable"} with the corresponding
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89 LaTeX package (see Fairbairns, 2005) allows one to typeset them
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90 uniformly. Note that \code{floating} should be set to
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91 \code{FALSE} when using the \code{longtable} environment.
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92 Default value is \code{"tabular"}.}
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93 \item{size}{A character vector that is inserted just before the
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94 tabular environment starts. This can be used to set the font size
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95 and a variety of other table settings. Initial backslashes are
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96 automatically prefixed, if not supplied by user.
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97 Default value is \code{NULL}. }
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98 \item{hline.after}{When \code{type="latex"}, a vector of numbers
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99 between -1 and \code{nrow(x)}, inclusive, indicating the rows
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100 after which a horizontal line should appear. If \code{NULL} is used
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101 no lines are produced. Repeated values are allowed.
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102 Default value is \code{c(-1,0,nrow(x))} which means draw a line
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103 before and after the columns names and at the end of the
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105 \item{NA.string}{String to be used for missing values in table
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107 Default value is \code{""}.}
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108 \item{include.rownames}{If \code{TRUE} the rows names are
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110 Default value is \code{TRUE}.}
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111 \item{include.colnames}{If \code{TRUE} the columns names are
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113 Default value is \code{TRUE}.}
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114 \item{only.contents}{If \code{TRUE} only the rows of the
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116 Default value is \code{FALSE}. }
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117 \item{add.to.row}{A list of two components. The first component (which
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118 should be called 'pos') is a list that contains the position of rows on
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119 which extra commands should be added at the end. The second
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120 component (which should be called 'command') is a character vector
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121 of the same length as the first component, which contains the command
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122 that should be added at the end of the specified rows.
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123 Default value is \code{NULL}, i.e. do not add commands.}
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124 \item{sanitize.text.function}{All non-numeric entries (except row and
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125 column names) are sanitized in an attempt to remove characters which
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126 have special meaning for the output format. If
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127 \code{sanitize.text.function} is not \code{NULL}, it should
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128 be a function taking a character vector and returning one, and will
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129 be used for the sanitization instead of the default internal
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131 Default value is \code{NULL}.}
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132 \item{sanitize.rownames.function}{Like the
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133 \code{sanitize.text.function}, but applicable to row names.
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134 The default uses the \code{sanitize.text.function}. }
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135 \item{sanitize.colnames.function}{Like the
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136 \code{sanitize.text.function}, but applicable to column names.
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137 The default uses the \code{sanitize.text.function}. }
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138 \item{math.style.negative}{In a LaTeX table, if \code{TRUE}, then use
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139 $-$ for the negative sign (as was the behavior prior to version 1.5-3).
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140 Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
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141 \item{html.table.attributes}{In an HTML table, attributes associated
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142 with the \code{<TABLE>} tag.
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143 Default value is \code{"border=1"}.}
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144 \item{print.results}{If \code{TRUE}, the generated table is printed to
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145 standard output. Set this to \code{FALSE} if you will just be using
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146 the character vector that is returned invisibly.
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147 Default value is \code{TRUE}.}
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148 \item{format.args}{List of arguments for the \code{formatC} function.
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149 For example, standard German number separators can be specified as
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150 \code{format.args=list(big.mark = "'", decimal.mark =
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151 ","))}. The arguments \code{digits} and \code{format} should not be
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152 included in this list. See details.
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153 Default value is \code{NULL}.}
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154 \item{rotate.rownames}{If \code{TRUE}, the row names are displayed
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155 vertically in LaTeX.
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156 Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
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157 \item{rotate.colnames}{If \code{TRUE}, the column names are displayed
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158 vertically in LaTeX.
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159 Default value is \code{FALSE}.}
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160 \item{booktabs}{If \code{TRUE}, the \code{toprule}, \code{midrule} and
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161 \code{bottomrule} commands from the LaTeX "booktabs" package are used
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162 rather than \code{hline} for the horizontal line tags. }
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163 \item{scalebox}{If not \code{NULL}, a \code{scalebox} clause will be
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164 added around the tabular environment with the specified value used
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165 as the scaling factor.
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166 Default value is \code{NULL}.}
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167 \item{width}{If not \code{NULL}, the specified value is included in
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168 parentheses between the tabular environment \code{begin} tag and the
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169 alignment specification. This allows specification of the table
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170 width when using tabular environments such as \code{tabular*} and
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171 \code{tabularx}. Note that table width specification is not
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172 supported with the \code{tabular} or \code{longtable} environments.
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173 Default value is \code{NULL}.}
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174 \item{comment}{If \code{TRUE}, the version and timestamp comment is
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175 included. Default value is \code{TRUE}. }
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176 \item{timestamp}{Timestamp to include in LaTeX comment. Set this
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177 to \code{NULL} to exclude the timestamp. Default value is \code{date()}. }
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178 \item{...}{Additional arguments. (Currently ignored.) }
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181 This function displays or writes to disk the code to produce a table
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182 associated with an object \code{x} of class \code{"xtable"}.
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183 The resulting code is either a LaTeX or HTML table, depending on the
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184 value of \code{type}. The function also (invisibly) returns a
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185 character vector of the results (which can be helpful for
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188 Since version 1.4 the non default behavior of \code{hline.after} is
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189 changed. To obtain the same results as the previous versions add to
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190 the \code{hline.after} vector the vector \code{c(-1, 0, nrow(x))}
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191 where \code{nrow(x)} is the numbers of rows of the object.
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193 From version 1.4-3, all non-numeric columns are sanitized, and all
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194 LaTeX special characters are sanitized for LaTeX output. See Section
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195 3 of the \code{xtableGallery} vignette for an example of customizing
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196 the sanitization. From version 1.4-4, the sanitization also applies to
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197 column names. To remove any text sanitization, specify
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198 \code{sanitize.text.function=function(x){x}}.
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200 From version 1.6-1 the default values for the arguments other than
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201 \code{x} are obtainined using \code{getOption()}. Hence the user can
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202 set the values once with \code{options()} rather than setting them in
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203 every call to \code{print.xtable()}.
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205 The argument \code{format.args} is used to supply arguments to the
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206 \code{formatC} function, but will throw an error if values for
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207 \code{digits} or \code{format} are included in the list of
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208 arguments. The recommended approach to specify \code{digits} is to supply
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209 the argument \code{digits} to \code{xtable}, and to specify
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210 \code{format} supply the argument \code{display} to \code{xtable}. See
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214 David Dahl \email{dahl@stat.byu.edu} with contributions and
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215 suggestions from many others (see source code).
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218 Fairbairns, Robin (2005) \emph{Tables longer than a single page.} The
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219 UK List of TeX Frequently Asked Questions on the
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220 Web. \url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=longtab}
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223 \code{\link{xtable}}, \code{\link{caption}}, \code{\link{label}},
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224 \code{\link{align}}, \code{\link{digits}}, \code{\link{display}},
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225 \code{\link{formatC}}
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229 df <- data.frame(A = c(1.00123, 33.1, 6),
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230 B = c(111111, 3333333, 3123.233))
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231 ## The following code gives the error
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232 ## formal argument "digits" matched by multiple actual arguments
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233 ## print(xtable(df, display = c("s","e","e")),
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234 ## format.args = list(digits = 3, big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ","))
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235 ## specify digits as argument to xtable instead
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236 print(xtable(df, display = c("s","f","f"), digits = 4),
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237 format.args = list(big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ","))
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238 ## The following code gives the error
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239 ## formal argument "format" matched by multiple actual arguments
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240 ## print(xtable(df, digits = 4),
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241 ## format.args = list(format = c("s","e","e"),
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242 ## big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ","))
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243 ## specify format using display argument in xtable
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244 print(xtable(df, display = c("s","e","e"), digits = 4),
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245 format.args = list(big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ","))
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