[R] odfWeave: Combining multiple output statements in a function

[Max Kuhn]

formatting.odf, page 7. The results are in formattingOut.odt

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Jan van der Laan <rhelp at eoos.dds.nl> wrote:
> Max,
>
> Thank you for your answer. I have had another look at the examples (I
> already had before mailing the list), but could find the example you
> mention. Could you perhaps tell me which example I should have a look at?
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
>
>
> On 09/15/2011 04:47 PM, Max Kuhn wrote:
>>
>> There are examples in the package directory that explain this.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Jan van der Laan<rhelp at eoos.dds.nl>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the correct way to combine multiple calls to odfCat, odfItemize,
>>> odfTable etc. inside a function?
>>>
>>> As an example lets say I have a function that needs to write two
>>> paragraphs
>>> of text and a list to the resulting odf-document (the real function has
>>> much
>>> more complex logic, but I don't think thats relevant). My first guess
>>> would
>>> be:
>>>
>>> exampleOutput<- function() {
>>>   odfCat("This is the first paragraph")
>>>   odfCat("This is the second paragraph")
>>>   odfItemize(letters[1:5])
>>> }
>>>
>>> However, calling this function in my odf-document only generates the last
>>> list as only the output of the odfItemize function is returned by
>>> exampleOutput. How do I combine the three results into one to be returned
>>> by
>>> exampleOutput?
>>>
>>> I tried to wrap the calls to the odf* functions into a print statement:
>>>
>>> exampleOutput2<- function() {
>>>   print(odfCat("This is the first paragraph"))
>>>   print(odfCat("This is the second paragraph"))
>>>   print(odfItemize(letters[1:5]))
>>> }
>>>
>>> In another document this seemed to work, but in my current document
>>> strange
>>> odf-output is generated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
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Max