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How to insert vertical space between lines of tables created with the R package 'tables'?

3 messages · Marius Hofert, Duncan Murdoch

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I have the data frame...

df <- cbind(expand.grid(d=as.factor(c(2,5)), n=c(100, 200),
beta=as.factor(c(0.2, 0.8)), group=LETTERS[1:2]), value=runif(16))

... which I would like to display in a table like ...

require(tables)
tabular(d * beta ~ group * mean * Heading() * value, data=df)

Now I would like to insert (vertical) space between every other line of the
table. I checked the manual and vignette of 'tables', but it only covers the
case when there is just one variable specified in the left-hand side of the
formula (so "to the left" of "~"). I tried to adapt the idea of using
RowFactor() ... 

tabular(RowFactor(1:4, "", spacing=2, space=0.5) + d * beta ~ group * mean *
Heading() * value, data=df)

... but obtain ... 

Error in `colnames<-`(`*tmp*`, value = "") : 
  length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent


Cheers,

Marius
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On 12-09-08 11:41 AM, Marius Hofert wrote:
The + means concatenation, so that spec says to put the RowFactor above 
the d*beta rows.  Not sure why that causes an error, but it's likely 
because you've got the wrong number of items.

This should work, but it doesn't give you the extra spacing properly. I 
didn't think anyone would want extra spacing on every level.  I'll put 
in a patch to fix it; look for an update on R-forge.

tabular(RowFactor(d, spacing=1, space=0.5) * beta ~ group * mean *
+ Heading() * value, data=df)


Duncan Murdoch
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Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> writes:
Thanks a lot, Duncan. 

In the minimal example, I have two variables (d and beta) that create "blocks"
of rows showing similar results. Assume you have three (say, d, beta, and
alpha in columns 1, 2, and 3, respectively). I typically separate blocks with the
same d by a larger space, then blocks with the same beta with a smaller space (and
blocks with the same alphas with no space). So this would look like:

tabular(RowFactor(d, spacing=2, space=0.5) * RowFactor(beta, spacing=2,
space=0.25) * alpha ~ group * mean * Heading() * value, data=df)

... with appropriate "spacing" arguments. I find this visually quite appealing. 

Cheers,

Marius