[R] Writing non-graphic (text) output to PDF

[baptiste auguie]

Hi,

Try this,

library(gridExtra)
example(grid.table)

or addtable2plot() in plotrix, or textplot() in gplots, or Hmisc using
latex, or Sweave, ...

HTH,

baptiste

PS: please read the posting guide


On 20 August 2011 05:14, Ed Heaton <heatone at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi, friends.
>
> I keep coming to you because I'm so new to R and can't seem to figure out
> some simple things.  Sorry.
>
> Consider the following code.  I want to load a table and write out the
> structure to a PDF document.  I just can't seem to manage writing
> non-graphic output to PDF.  Any help?  I've tried several functions, but
> nothing worked.  All I get is the title.
>
> # **********************************************************************
> # Load the DEBT table.
>  debt <- readRDS("T:/R.Data/Debt.rData")
>  dim(debt)
> # Open the debt.pdf file for graphics output.
>  pdf(
>    file=paste(
>      "R:/DAS/DMS/FedDebt"
>     ,"DataDiscovery"
>     ,"DistributionAnalysis"
>     ,"Report"
>     ,"Debt.pdf"
>     ,sep="/"
>    )
>  )
> # ======================================================================
> # Write the debt structucture to the output PDF.
>  plot.new()
>  title("DEBT")
>  str(debt)
> # ======================================================================
>  dev.off() # Turn off the PDF device.
> # ************************** End of Program ****************************
>
>
>
> Ed
>
> Ed Heaton
> Project Manager, Sr. SAS Developer
> Data and Analytic Solutions, Inc.
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>
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>
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