If you are looking at ftable could you also consider adding a way to convert an ftable into a usable data.frame such as the ftable2df function defined here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11141406/reshaping-an-array-to-data-frame/11143126#11143126 and there is an example of using it here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61333663/manipulating-an-array-into-a-data-frame-in-base-r/61334756#61334756 Being able to move back and forth between various base class representations seems like something that would be natural to provide. Thanks. On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 5:32 AM Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote: > > >>>>> SOEIRO Thomas > >>>>> on Wed, 13 May 2020 20:27:15 +0000 writes: > > > Dear all, > > I haven't received any feedback so far on my proposal to make "justify" > argument available in stats:::format.ftable > > > Is this list the appropriate place for this kind of proposal? > > Yes, it is.. Actually such a post is even a "role model" post > for R-devel. > > > I hope this follow-up to my message won't be taken as rude. Of course > it's not meant to be, but I'm not used to the R mailing lists... > > well, there could be said much, and many stories told here ... ;-) > > > Thank you in advance for your comments, > > > Best, > > Thomas > > The main reasons for "no reaction" (for such nice post) probably > are combination of the following > > - we are busy > - if we have time, we think other things are more exciting > - we have not used ftable much/at all and are not interested. > > Even though the first 2 apply to me, I'll have a 2nd look into > your post now, and may end up well agreeing with your proposal. > > Martin Maechler > ETH Zurich and R Core team > > > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> justify argument is hard coded in format.ftable: > >> > >> cbind(apply(LABS, 2L, format, justify = "left"), > >> apply(DATA, 2L, format, justify = "right")) > >> > >> It would be useful to have the possibility to modify the argument > between c("left", "right", "centre", "none") as in format.default. > >> > >> The lines could be changed to: > >> > >> if(length(justify) != 2) > >> stop("justify must be length 2") > >> cbind(apply(LABS, 2L, format, justify = justify[1]), > >> apply(DATA, 2L, format, justify = justify[2])) > >> > >> The argument justify could defaults to c("left", "right") for backward > compatibility. > >> > >> It could then allow: > >> ftab <- ftable(wool + tension ~ breaks, warpbreaks) > >> format.ftable(ftab, justify = c("none", "none")) > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Thomas > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel