Jun
19
Generating Tables Using Pander, knitr, and Rmarkdown
Generating Tables Using Pander, knitr, and Rmarkdown
I use a pretty common workflow (I think) for producing reports on a day to day basis. I write them in rmarkdown using RStudio, knit them into .html and .md documents using knitr, then convert the resulting .md file to a .docx file using pander, which is really just a way of communicating with Pandoc via my R terminal. This workflow is great for many reasons that I won't get into, but one major shortcoming is how difficult it is to get a nice looking table out of it. I was working on a report today in which I am cleaning some data for my boss. I'll quickly replicate this for effect.
I use a pretty common workflow (I think) for producing reports on a day to day basis. I write them in rmarkdown using RStudio, knit them into .html and .md documents using knitr, then convert the resulting .md file to a .docx file using pander, which is really just a way of communicating with Pandoc via my R terminal. This workflow is great for many reasons that I won't get into, but one major shortcoming is how difficult it is to get a nice looking table out of it. I was working on a report today in which I am cleaning some data for my boss. I'll quickly replicate this for effect.
