[R] R create .docx file ?

[Jeff Newmiller]

Indeed, replacing ReporteRs functionality was the topic of this thread. I know... it can be a bit much to read an entire thread, but reading is needed if you want to avoid non-sequitur, especially when the thread was not on topic for this mailing list to begin with.

On April 15, 2020 10:33:05 AM PDT, Paul Bivand <paul.bivand using gmail.com> wrote:
>However, the Reporters github page clearly says that the package has
>been removed from CRAN and it has been replaced by the officer
>package.
>
>Note that ReporteRs has been removed from CRAN the 16th of July 2018
>and is not maintained anymore. please migrate to officer.
>
>https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/officer/index.html
>
>Paul
>
>
>On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 18:22, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
>wrote:
>>
>> The OP clearly hasn't followed the excellent documentation... this is
>not a maintainer problem. It is the act of printing the completed
>object that puts a file on disk.
>>
>> However, the package author recommends in the README that help be
>requested from stackoverflow, as the mailing list Posting Guidelines do
>warn that contributed packages are not technically on topic in R-help.
>(Simply from a practicality standpoint... there are thousands of them,
>each with potentially voluminous details to distract from the R
>language itself.)
>>
>> On April 8, 2020 10:08:09 AM PDT, Bert Gunter
><bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>> >But the OP explicitly notes that the read_docx package does *not*
>write
>> >files and asks whether there are *other* packages or functions that
>> >provide
>> >that functionality. It still seems to me that the ReporteR
>maintainer
>> >might
>> >be the best place to go for that info, although there is certainly
>no
>> >assurance that he can provide it.
>> >
>> >Bert
>> >
>> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff Newmiller
>> ><jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> But before hassling the maintainer the OP should read the package
>> >> vignettes and run some examples... read_docx does not write to any
>> >files,
>> >> so complaining that it doesn't will be fruitless.
>> >>
>> >> On April 8, 2020 9:31:41 AM PDT, Bert Gunter
><bgunter.4567 using gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >This sounds like the sort of specialized question that should be
>> >> >directed
>> >> >to the maintainer (?maintainer) rather than to a general Help
>list
>> >such
>> >> >as
>> >> >this.
>> >> >
>> >> >Bert Gunter
>> >> >
>> >> >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming
>> >along
>> >> >and
>> >> >sticking things into it."
>> >> >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip
>)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM A Biologist
>> ><jeremyclarkbio using gmail.com>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Dear All,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Mac Catalina - R 3.6.3 - all up-to-date packages.
>> >> >> I would like to re-create the functionality which was found in
>the
>> >> >package
>> >> >> {ReporteRs} by creating a .docx file in a folder on my computer
>> >from
>> >> >within
>> >> >> R - which can subsequently be used by the {officer} function
>> >> >read_docx.
>> >> >> The function read_docx on my system does NOT create a new
>> >document,
>> >> >and
>> >> >> neither does the following code:
>> >> >> new.word.doc=function(){ report = read_docx(path ..name..
>> >".docx"))
>> >> >> return(report) }
>> >> >> doc=new.word.doc()
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I can use {base} file.create to create a file with an extension
>> >.docx
>> >> >- but
>> >> >> apparently this is not a .docx file - and read_docx can't read
>it.
>> >> >> Is there another R package or function which I can use in order
>to
>> >> >create
>> >> >> (and then close the link to R so that it can be used by another
>> >> >package) a
>> >> >> .docx file ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Many thanks in advance.
>> >> >>
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