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Export as PDF

Source: R/mpf_exporters.R
export_as_pdf.Rd

The PDF output from this function is based on the ASCII output created with toString().

Usage

export_as_pdf(
  x,
  file,
  page_type = "letter",
  landscape = FALSE,
  pg_width = page_dim(page_type)[if (landscape) 2 else 1],
  pg_height = page_dim(page_type)[if (landscape) 1 else 2],
  width = NULL,
  height = NULL,
  margins = c(4, 4, 4, 4),
  min_siblings = 2,
  font_family = "Courier",
  font_size = 8,
  fontsize = font_size,
  paginate = TRUE,
  page_num = default_page_number(),
  lpp = NULL,
  cpp = NULL,
  hsep = "-",
  indent_size = 2,
  rep_cols = NULL,
  tf_wrap = TRUE,
  max_width = NULL,
  colwidths = NULL
)

Arguments

x

(ANY)
a table-like object to export. Must have an applicable matrix_form method.

file

(string)
file to write to, must have .pdf extension.

page_type

(string)
name of a page type. See page_types. Ignored when pg_width and pg_height are set directly.

landscape

(flag)
whether the dimensions of page_type should be inverted for landscape orientation. Defaults to FALSE, ignored when pg_width and pg_height are set directly.

pg_width

(numeric(1))
page width in inches.

pg_height

(numeric(1))
page height in inches.

width

[Deprecated] Please use the pg_width argument or specify page_type instead.

height

[Deprecated] Please use the pg_height argument or specify page_type instead.

margins

(numeric(4))
the number of lines/characters of the margin on the bottom, left, top, and right sides of the page, respectively.

min_siblings

(numeric)
minimum sibling rows which must appear on either side of pagination row for a mid-subtable split to be valid. Defaults to 2 for tables. It is automatically turned off (set to 0) for listings.

font_family

(string)
name of a font family. An error will be thrown if the family named is not monospaced. Defaults to "Courier".

font_size

(numeric(1))
font size. Defaults to 12.

fontsize

[Deprecated] Please use the font_size argument instead.

paginate

(flag)
whether pagination should be performed. Defaults to TRUE if page size is specified (including the default).

page_num

(string)
placeholder string for page numbers. See default_page_number for more information. Defaults to NULL.

lpp

(numeric(1) or NULL)
lines per page. If NA (the default), this is calculated automatically based on the specified page size). NULL indicates no vertical pagination should occur.

cpp

(numeric(1) or NULL)
width (in characters) per page. If NA (the default), this is calculated automatically based on the specified page size). NULL indicates no horizontal pagination should occur.

hsep

(string)
character to repeat to create header/body separator line. If NULL, the object value will be used. If " ", an empty separator will be printed. See default_hsep() for more information.

indent_size

(numeric(1))
indent size, in characters. Ignored when x is already a MatrixPrintForm object in favor of information there.

rep_cols

(numeric(1))
number of columns (not including row labels) to be repeated on every page. Defaults to 0.

tf_wrap

(flag)
whether the text for title, subtitles, and footnotes should be wrapped.

max_width

(integer(1), string or NULL)
width that title and footer (including footnotes) materials should be word-wrapped to. If NULL, it is set to the current print width of the session (getOption("width")). If set to "auto", the width of the table (plus any table inset) is used. Parameter is ignored if tf_wrap = FALSE.

colwidths

(numeric)
vector of column widths (in characters) for use in vertical pagination.

Details

By default, pagination is performed with default cpp and lpp defined by specified page dimensions and margins. User-specified lpp and cpp values override this, and should be used with caution.

Title and footer materials are also word-wrapped by default (unlike when printed to the terminal), with cpp (as defined above) as the default max_width.

See also

export_as_txt()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".pdf")
export_as_pdf(basic_matrix_form(mtcars), file = tf, pg_height = 4)

tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".pdf")
export_as_pdf(basic_matrix_form(mtcars), file = tf, lpp = 8)
}