Hi Liao, I think that the purpose of the package is actually to create the latex code to insert into Latex documents. If you want to see it displayed you have to compile it with latex; the document you have sent says that that is a gallery to show the different kind of tables you can create.
2014-05-15 15:46 GMT+02:00 Liao, Hongsheng <[email protected]>: > http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/xtable/vignettes/xtableGallery.pdf > > I am trying to learn how to make a Latex table using R from the link above. > However, instead of a Latex table as showed in the link, the R codes from the > link generate actual Latex codes as follows: > > % latex table generated in R 3.1.0 by xtable 1.7-3 package > % Thu May 15 09:21:18 2014 > \begin{tabular}{rrlllr} > \hline > & grade & sex & disadvg & ethnicty & tlimth \\ > \hline > 1 & 6 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 43 \\ > 2 & 7 & M & NO & BLACK & 88 \\ > 3 & 5 & F & YES & HISPANIC & 34 \\ > 4 & 3 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 65 \\ > 5 & 8 & M & YES & WHITE & 75 \\ > 6 & 5 & M & NO & BLACK & 74 \\ > 7 & 8 & F & YES & HISPANIC & 72 \\ > 8 & 4 & M & YES & BLACK & 79 \\ > 9 & 6 & M & NO & WHITE & 88 \\ > 10 & 7 & M & YES & HISPANIC & 87 \\ > \hline > \end{tabular} > > I have TeX Live 2013 installed in my computer. It doesn't help, either. > Should I need some kind of connection (software or codes) between R and > Latex? Thanks. > > > Hongsheng (Hank) Liao, PhD. > Lab Manager > Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology > Old Dominion University > 757-683-4571 > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.

