[R] Figures within tables [slightly off-topic]

[Jim Lemon]

On 04/13/2010 06:07 AM, Peter Jepsen wrote:
> Dear R-listers
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> I am writing a manuscript for a scientific journal in clinical medicine.
> I have three groups of patients, and I present a 10*3 table of their
> characteristics in Table 1. Some of their characteristics, e.g. their
> age, are on a continuous scale, others are dichotomous. I am thinking of
> presenting the age distribution in each group as miniature graphs, each
> of which must fit in one table cell. I am hoping that someone can answer
> these questions:
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> 1. Has anybody ever seen something like this published anywhere?
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> 2. Should I draw the entire table as a figure, or should I make a table
> in Word (or similar) and manually insert the graphs in their cells?
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> 3. Are there R packages that can "draw tables"?
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> 4. And one for you editors out there: Would such a table count as one
> figure, several figures, or a table?!
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> Forgive me for being somewhat off-topic. I hope for your help anyway.
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Hi Peter,
This sounds like Edward Tufte's "sparklines" and I think there was a 
discussion of this sort of graphic a couple of years ago. Yep, see:

http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02/archive/76508.html

Jim