commit bb94e7334ef425a319be1e1c4e3fe6aeba505760
parent 1436af443e50eabaac95b1bf2b2c417b7ab3d1d3
Author: Eamon Caddigan <eamon.caddigan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:56:25 -0800
Update the list to include tinytable
And also talk about my recent work with huxtable (a little bit).
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/posts/r-table-packages/index.md b/content/posts/r-table-packages/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---
title: "R packages for table layout"
date: 2024-01-13T14:53:47-08:00
+lastmod: 2024-01-23T19:42:44-08:00
draft: false
categories:
- Data Science
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ tags:
---
The R package ecosystem has several packages[^list] that were created to
-help with the design and layout of tables in documents.
+help with the design and layout of tables in documents.
<!--more-->
@@ -31,39 +32,41 @@ help with the design and layout of tables in documents.
- **pixiedust** ([Code forge](https://github.com/nutterb/pixiedust))
- **reactable** ([Code forge](https://github.com/glin/reactable), [Website](https://glin.github.io/reactable/))
- **stargazer** ([CRAN](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=stargazer))
+- **tablaxlsx** ([CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tablaxlsx/index.html))
- **tangram** ([Code forge](https://github.com/spgarbet/tangram))
+- **tinytable** ([Code forge](https://github.com/vincentarelbundock/tinytable/), [Website](https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/))
- **xtable** ([CRAN](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=xtable), [Website](http://xtable.r-forge.r-project.org/))
- **ztable** ([Code forge](https://github.com/cardiomoon/ztable))
-This was mostly cribbed from an earlier version of the gt package's website.
-I found it to be a great resource and was disappointed when it was
-removed[^removed], which is why I'm posting this here.
+This list was mostly cribbed from an earlier version of the gt package’s
+website. I found it to be a great resource and was disappointed when it was
+removed[^removed], which is why I’ve posted it here.
-Lately I've been programmatically formatting tables for Excel[^xl][^paper]
-using [the openxlsx
-package's](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/openxlsx/) interface
-directly, but this is rather low-level. After digging around a bit, I plan
-to look into
-[tablaxlsx](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tablaxlsx/index.html),
-huxtable, and condformat to see how these might suit my needs.
+Recently I had been programmatically formatting tables for
+Excel[^xl][^paper] using [the openxlsx
+package’s](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/openxlsx/) interface
+directly, but this is rather low-level. After digging around a bit, I just
+started using huxtable, and this week I developed a small R package that
+extends it to simplify some repetitive tasks at my job. This may someday
+mature enough for public release, but I can’t make any promises.
[^list]: This is almost certainly incomplete, and I would be happy to add
- anything that's either under active development or mature and stable.
+ anything that’s either under active development or mature and stable.
[^removed]: Partially removed with [this
commit](https://github.com/rstudio/gt/commit/c01aad5c5734e8a0767328471342a1170554d1ec),
and mostly wiped away with [this
one](https://github.com/rstudio/gt/commit/4ef570e855dcf81532a78a38869f676a7a82b008).
- To be clear, this sentiment was strictly "I'm disappointed because I
- found this useful and it's gone", and not, like, "I'm disappointed _in_
- Posit for removing it".
+ To be clear, this sentiment was strictly “I’m disappointed because
+ I found this useful and now it’s gone”, and not, like, “I’m disappointed
+ _in_ Posit for removing it”.
[^xl]: My career has brought me into contact with a lot more people who want
summary results delivered in a spreadsheet than collaborators who prefer
- a nice reproducible report---as much as I'd rather focus on the latter.
+ a nice reproducible report---as much as I’d rather focus on the latter.
Reproducible spreadsheets, that is, spreadsheets that are created by
code, seem like the best compromise.
[^paper]: See also: Karl W. Broman & Kara H. Woo (2018) Data Organization in
Spreadsheets, The American Statistician, 72:1, 2-10, DOI:
- 10.1080/00031305.2017.1375989
+ [10.1080/00031305.2017.1375989](https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2017.1375989)
