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Presentation-Quality Tables, Displayed Using `ggplot2`

tablesgg is an R package that displays presentation-quality tables as plots on an R graphics device. Although there are other packages that format tables for display, this package is unique in combining two features:

It is aware of the logical structure of the table being presented, and makes

use of that for automatic layout and styling of the table. This avoids the need for most manual adjustments to achieve an attractive result.

It displays tables using ggplot2 graphics. Therefore a table can

be presented anywhere a graph could be, with no more effort. External software such as LaTeX or HTML or their viewers is not required.

Methods are included to display matrices; data frames; tables created by R's ftable(), table(), and xtabs() functions; and tables created by the tables and xtable packages. Methods can be added to display other table-like objects.

Other package features:

A full set of tools is provided to control the appearance

of tables, including titles, footnotes and reference marks, horizontal and vertical rules, and spacing of rows and columns. Many properties can be set automatically by specifying styles. Default styles are included, and the user can define custom styles.

There are tools for low-level manipulation of the appearance of

individual table elements if desired.

All sizes and dimensions in displayed tables are specified in physical

units (points for font size, millimeters for everything else). Therefore a plotted table has a well-defined physical size, independent of the size of the graphics device on which it is displayed. The user can easily increase or decrease the displayed size by a scale factor, maintaining the relative proportions of table elements.

Since the plotted tables are ordinary ggplot objects,

the facilities of ggplot2 and its various extension packages are available to modify or manipulate the table. For example, the table can be inserted as an image within another plot.

A vignette is included that illustrates usage and options available in the package.

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install.packages('tablesgg')

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Version

0.9-1

License

GPL (>= 3)

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Repository

https://github.com/rrprf/tablesgg

Maintainer

Richard Raubertas

Last Published

January 27th, 2024

Functions in tablesgg (0.9-1)

Promote a Data Frame to a tblentries Object

Specify Visual Properties for Table Blocks

Specify Visual Properties for Table Rules

Specify Visual Properties for Table Entries and their Cells

element_refmark

Specify a Reference Mark that can be Added to Table Entries

Update the Table Entries of a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Calculate X, y Positions and H|vjust Values for Entries

Extract Table Elements from a Plotted Table

Create a Data Frame from a Specification

Specifications for Fields Used in Certain Object Classes

Constrained Display Sizes of Each Table Row, Column and Entry

eval_conditions

Evaluate a Set of Logical Conditions Within a Data Frame

Extract the prentries Object from a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Update the Hvrules of a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Specifications for Graphical Properties for an Element Type

entries_by_block

Find the Entries that are Contained Within a Set of Table Blocks

Format Entries in an xtable into Character Strings

Runs of Repeated Values in a Header Matrix

Extract the prhvrules Object from a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Group Rows of a Table into Sets of Fixed Size

Table of Summary Statistics for Anderson's Iris Data

Indices to Impute NA Elements of a Vector by LOCF

Calculate the Sizes of Table Entries, in Mm

Identify Strings that Cannot be Interpreted as Numbers

make_header_entries

Convert a Matrix of Headers to Table Entries, with Merging of Runs

Paste Strings that may Include plotmath or Markdown

plot.tblEntries

A Plot Method for tblentries Objects

A Plot Method for texttable Objects

Display a pltdtable Object on a Graphics Device

A Plot Method for prtable Objects

Table of Data from Motor Trend Magazine

print.pltdTable

Print (Draw) a pltdtable Object

A Plot Method for tabular Objects

Width and Height of a pltdtable Object

prTable.pltdTable

Extract/Update a Plot-Ready Table from a Plotted Table

Create Hvrules and Assign Them Graphical Properties

Assign Graphical Properties to Table Entries

Get the Identifier Strings for Parts or Elements of a Table

Update Graphical Properties for Selected Table Elements

A Plot Method for prentries Objects

Assign Graphical Properties to Table Blocks

print.summary.textTable

Print the Dimensions of a Table and Its Parts

Create or Update a Fully Styled Table Ready for Plotting

Update Graphical Properties for Selected Table Elements

Update Graphical Properties for Selected Table Elements

A Reshaped Version of Anderson's Iris Data

Update Graphical Properties for Selected Table Elements

Move the Outermost Layer of Row Headers Inside a Table

print.summary.pltdTable

Print the Dimensions and Display Options of a Plotted Table

prTable.prEntries

Create a Plot-Ready Table from Plot-Ready Entry, Block, and Hvrule Objects

Convert ASCII Scientific Notation into plotmath Form

textspec Values Based on String Prefixes

Add or Remove the Prefix Associated with textspec Values

summary.pltdTable

Summarize the Dimensions and Options of a Plotted Table

summary.textTable

Summarize the Dimensions of a Table and Its Parts

Set the Values of Package Options

Create a Style Object

textTable.ftable

Create a texttable from an ftable

tablesgg-package

Presentation-Quality Tables, Displayed Using ggplot2

Get or Reset Package Options

Create Horizontal and Vertical Rules for a Table

textTable.matrix

Create a texttable from a Matrix

Assemble Information About Each Entry in a Table into a Data Frame

Extract Dimensions of the Various Parts of a Table

Create a Structure Representing a 2D Table

update.textTable

Update a texttable Object

textTable.table

Create a texttable from a table or xtabs Object

update.pltdTable

Update a pltdtable (Plotted Table) Object

textTable.tabular

Create a texttable from a tabular Object

undo_rowhead_inside

Reverse the Effect of rowhead_inside

textTable.xtableList

Create a texttable from an xtablelist Object

textTable.tblEntries

Reconstruct a texttable Object from a tblentries Object

Built-In Styles for Table Elements

textTable.xtable

Create a texttable from an xtable Object

Define Blocks of Cells that Reflect the Logical Structure of a Table

Table of Test Scores and Demographics for 20 Students

textTable.data.frame

Create a texttable as a Simple Listing of a Data Frame

textTable.default

Create a texttable Object from a Suitable List

Update Style or Scale for Plot-Ready Table Elements

Update a prtable (Plot-Ready Table) Object

Define a New Block of Cells in a Table

Dimensions of the Augmented Row-Column Grid for a Table

Column Numbers Within the Augmented Row-Column Grid for a Table

Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of a Rectangle after Rotation

Add a Reference Mark to Entries in a Table

Extract a Subset of a texttable Object

Add a Horizontal or Vertical Rule (Hvrule) to a Table

Row Numbers Within the Augmented Row-Column Grid for a Table

Promote a Data Frame to Another Object Class

Promote a Data Frame to a prblocks Object

Promote a Data Frame to a prentries Object

Add a Reference Mark to a Character Vector or Matrix

Promote a Data Frame to a tblblocks Object

Apply a Style to Table Elements

Extract the prblocks Object from a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Update the Blocks of a Plot-Ready or Plotted Table

Promote a Data Frame to a prhvrules Object

adjacent_blocks

Identify Adjacent Blocks of Table Cells

Apply a Scale Factor to Table Elements