[R] Hmisc Latex Question: column headings and Major Column Headings not properly alligned

[David Winsemius]

On Aug 30, 2011, at 10:13 PM, . . wrote:

> By way of follow-up, here is some data and code that generates the  
> output with headings out of alignment:

Looks perfectly acceptable to me. I attached what I got when saved as  
a PDF which is exactly how it looks in my dvi viewer.

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--  
David.
>
> > dput(mytab)
> structure(c(1.3878, -0.7194, 0.3235, 1.6316, -0.4356, 1.8148,
> 2.1689, -1.3665, -0.2746, -0.5798, 0.7115, -0.1848, -0.2882,
> -1.2555, 1.0218, -1.0525, 0.0228, -0.4127, -0.1542, 0.6117, -1.3412,
> 0.5571, -0.3136, -1.0425, 0.1988, 0.4753, -1.1376, 1.4776, 0.3341,
> 0.3023, 0.9131, 0.0879, 1.0132, -0.2998, 1.957, 0.6771, 0.3905,
> 0.55, 0.2163, -0.2591, -1.6511, 2.2718, 0.2844, 0.7738, 0.5144,
> 0.3111, -0.1829, -1.3218, 0.3496, -0.9592, -0.5241, -2.4456,
> -0.0152, 0.9551), .Dim = c(6L, 9L), .Dimnames = list(c("1a",
> "1b", "Overall", "2a", "2b", "Overall"), c("mean", "sd", "mean",
> "sd", "mean", "sd", "mean", "sd", "n")))
> >
>
> Code:
> w <- latex(mytab,title="",file="tab/ 
> mytab.tex",ctable=TRUE,caption="Descriptive statistic by  
> Covariate",caption.loc="bottom",label="tab:sumtab",where="! 
> htbp",n.rgroup=c(3,3),rgroup=c("Type I","Type  
> II"),size="scriptsize",n.cgroup=c(2,2,2,2,1),cgroup=c("Type A","Type  
> B","Type C","Type D","N"))
>
> Thank-you again-
>
> > From: dwinsemius at comcast.net
> > To: stats09 at hotmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [R] Hmisc Latex Question: column headings and Major  
> Column Headings not properly alligned
> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:23:41 -0400
> >
> > May I suggest you post to the list the output of dput(mytab) ?
> >
> > If Frank can see immediately what the problem is, he may come along
> > in a day or two, but he usually wants a working example.
> >
> > --
> > David.
> >
> >
> > On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:12 PM, . . wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Dear R users:
> > >
> > > When I create a table without Major Column headings, my *regular*
> > > column headings appear correct in the typeset latex file. The  
> major
> > > row heading and row groups are as they should.
> > >
> > > w <- latex(mytab,title="",file="tab/
> > > my.tex",ctable=TRUE,caption="Descriptive statistics by
> > > Covariate",caption.loc="bottom",label="tab:mytab",where="!
> > > htbp",n.rgroup=c(3,3),rgroup=c("Type I","Type II"))
> > >
> > > However, I'm trying to use cgroup and n.cgroup to group my columns
> > > under appropriate heading as:
> > >
> > > w <- latex(mytab,title="",file="tab/
> > > mytab.tex",ctable=TRUE,caption="Descriptive statistics by
> > > Covariate",caption.loc="bottom",label="tab:mytab",where="!
> > > htbp",n.rgroup=c(3,3),rgroup=c("Type I","Type
> > > II"),n.cgroup=c(2,2,2,2,1),cgroup=c("Type A","Type B","Type  
> C","Type
> > > D","n"),rowlabel="",size="scriptsize")
> > >
> > > When I use this code (there are 9 columns total in R object  
> "mytab")
> > > the resulting Major Column headings are typeset properly, however
> > > the colheads themselves are missaligned. The first column heading
> > > is over the row labels (Type I and Type II), and the rest of the
> > > column headings are spaced offset to the major column headings, so
> > > don't line up underneath.
> > >
> > > I've searched through google and haven't found anything, and I've
> > > been experimenting with every combination of latex() options I can
> > > think of, and nothing is working. Any suggestions/solutions are
> > > greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > My Hmisc version is: 3.8-3
> > > and R version is: 2.8.1
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > David Winsemius, MD
> > West Hartford, CT
> >

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT