[R] How to generate a report with graphics and tables?

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:01:05 +0100
Olaf Bürger <obuerger at ginko.de> wrote:

> Hello R-Users,
> 
> I have some data sets which change on a daily bases. So far I have 
> imported  these sets into R, done all my evaluations resulting in a 
> couple of plots, charts and tables of numbers which I copy&pasted via 
> clipboard into Powerpoint.
> The procedure is always the same and I wonder, whether there is no 
> easier way for doing so. Is there some type of "report generator" 
> available or some HowTo on this.
> 
> Can anybody give me a hint on where to look for?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Olaf Bürger
>

For many reports Sweave (part of the tools package in R) is what you want,
in conjunction with LaTeX.  For customized reports see
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/LiveDoc.html

LaTeX is necessary to do the job right, in my opinion.
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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                     Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University