[R] Sweave, xtable and font size

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 07/05/2008 7:34 PM, Peter Jepsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Sweave with xtable to generate Latex tables. My problem is that some of the tables are too wide, and I would like to use the tiny font for these tables, but not for the others nor for the text. I can't work out how to accomplish that. 
> 
> The Latex code below does what I want it to, but I have to insert the "\tiny{" and the closing  "}" by hand. It originated from these commands in my .Rnw-file:
> 
> <<yearmale, results=tex>>=
> yearmale <- with(chol, table(year,male))
> yearmale <- rowpct(yearmale) <<yearmale, results=tex>>= 
> print(xtable(yearmale,caption="My caption"))
> $

See ?print.xtable.  You can use

print(xtable(yearmale,caption="My caption"), size="\\tiny")

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> LATEX CODE:
> 
> \begin{table}[ht]
> \begin{center}
> \tiny{
> \begin{tabular}{rlll}
>   \hline
>  & Kvinder & Mænd & Total \\
>   \hline
> 1998 & 1335 (75\%) & 437 (25\%) & 1772 (100\%) \\
>   1999 & 1232 (74\%) & 425 (26\%) & 1657 (100\%) \\
>   2000 & 1427 (74\%) & 502 (26\%) & 1929 (100\%) \\
>   2001 & 1407 (74\%) & 493 (26\%) & 1900 (100\%) \\
>   2002 & 1493 (71\%) & 611 (29\%) & 2104 (100\%) \\
>   2003 & 1684 (75\%) & 566 (25\%) & 2250 (100\%) \\
>   2004 & 1565 (73\%) & 567 (27\%) & 2132 (100\%) \\
>   2005 & 1629 (74\%) & 586 (26\%) & 2215 (100\%) \\
>   2006 & 1448 (72\%) & 553 (28\%) & 2001 (100\%) \\
>   2007 & 1582 (73\%) & 590 (27\%) & 2172 (100\%) \\
>   Total & 14802 (74\%) & 5330 (26\%) & 20132 (100\%) \\
>    \hline
> \end{tabular}
> }
> \caption{My caption}
> \end{center}
> \end{table}
> 
> 
> Can anybody help me? Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> Peter.
> 
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