[R] question about latex command in Hmisc

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Laura Holt wrote:
> Hi R People:
> 
> I got the following error from using the "latex" command from Hmisc;
> 
>> latex(bbm)
> 
> 'latex' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> Warning message:
> cmd execution failed with error code 1 in: shell(cmd, wait = TRUE, 
> intern = output)
> 
>>
> 
> I was printing a matrix to a Latex File.  This worked fine in Version 1.8.
> This is from Version 1.9.0 for Windows.
> 
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Sincerely,
> Laura
> mailto: lauraholt_983 at hotmail.com

The latex and latex viewer executables must be in your path if you are 
using the print method for a latex object (which you are, implicitly). 
If you don't want to invoke any executables, do

  w <- latex(object, file='foo')

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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University