getting line breaks with xtable

Ok. Sorry, here's a reproducible example:

library(xtable)
x<-as.table(cbind(1:3,rep("this is an example for a long character string
that I want break into several lines")))
xtable(x)

Regards

Erich


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Gesendet: Freitag, 19. September 2008 15:50
An: Erich Studerus
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Betreff: Re: [R] getting line breaks with xtable

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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Erich Studerus

Sorry, for asking the same question again, but I got no reactions the last
time. Maybe it was just overseen by the experts.
I'm using the xtable function with Sweave and Lyx and I would like to know
how to get automatic line breaks for long strings in a column of the

table.

I've learned from the Lyx wiki that the Latex command \linebreak produces
table cells with multiple lines. I tried to insert \linebreak into the
character string, but it didn't work out, because Sweave transforms it
automatically to $\backslash$linebreak.

Any help is highly appreciated.

Erich

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