On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Andris Jankevics wrote: > Dear R-helpers, > > I am using xtable package to prepare a Latex code of some R tables. > Is this possible to have a greek symbols in xtable cells? > > How can I get for example a string of : $\Delta$ > >> "$\Delta$" > [1] "$Delta$" > > And string: > "$\\Delta$" > [1] "$\\Delta$" > > Gives a latex aoutput like: \$$\backslash$Delta\$
The posting guide says Sometimes it helps to provide a small example that someone can actually run. which you did not do. This makes it hard for us to pinpoint the error. For me, this works > mat <- diag(c("$\\sigma_1^2$","$\\sigma_2^2$")) > xtable(mat) % latex table generated in R 2.4.1 by xtable 1.4-2 package % Mon Apr 16 12:27:54 2007 \begin{table}[ht] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{rll} \hline & 1 & 2 \\ \hline 1 & $\sigma_1^2$ & 0 \\ 2 & 0 & $\sigma_2^2$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{table} > and placing the text output in between \documentclass{article} \begin{document} and \end{document} saving the file and running latex (or pdflatex) produces nicely set output with the Greek letter 'sigma' properly rendered. > > Thank You in advance > > Andris Jankevics > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > Charles C. Berry (858) 534-2098 Dept of Family/Preventive Medicine E mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] UC San Diego http://biostat.ucsd.edu/~cberry/ La Jolla, San Diego 92093-0901 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.