Hi Rich,
I was looking for something that I could make general, as a latex.ftable
method for ftable objects.  I realize you showed how to do this for a
particular case, but I'm having a bit of trouble translating this into
a general solution for 1 or more row variables and 1 or more col variables.

This is most likely because latex() offers a bewildering collection
of arguments I don't fully understand how to apply in this case.

Here is my current sketch, with test cases below, one of which fails...

latex.ftable <- function(object, numeric.dollar=FALSE,  ...) {
  cv <- attr(object,"col.vars")
  rv <- attr(object,"row.vars")
  ncv <- length(cv)
  nrv <- length(rv)
  colheads <- cv[[1]]
  cgroup <- if (ncv>1) cv[[1]] else NULL
  rowname <- rv[[2]]
  rgroup <- if (nrv>1) rv[[1]] else NULL
  latex.default(object, colheads=colheads, rowname=rowname,
        cgroup=cgroup, rgroup=rgroup, numeric.dollar=numeric.dollar, ...)
}

> ft <- ftable(UCBAdmissions)
> ft
                Dept   A   B   C   D   E   F
Admit    Gender
Admitted Male        512 353 120 138  53  22
         Female       89  17 202 131  94  24
Rejected Male        313 207 205 279 138 351
         Female       19   8 391 244 299 317
> str(ft)
 ftable [1:4, 1:6] 512 89 313 19 353 17 207 8 120 202 ...
 - attr(*, "row.vars")=List of 2
  ..$ Admit : chr [1:2] "Admitted" "Rejected"
  ..$ Gender: chr [1:2] "Male" "Female"
 - attr(*, "col.vars")=List of 1
  ..$ Dept: chr [1:6] "A" "B" "C" "D" ...
>

> latex(ft, file="")
% latex.default(object, colheads = colheads, rowname = rowname, cgroup = cgroup, rgroup = rgroup, numeric.dollar = numeric.dollar, ...)
%
\begin{table}[!tbp]
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{lrrrrrr}\hline\hline
\multicolumn{1}{l}{object}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{A}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{B}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{C}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{D}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{E}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{F}\tabularnewline
\hline
{\bfseries Admitted}&&&&&&\tabularnewline
~~Male&512&353&120&138& 53& 22\tabularnewline
~~Female& 89& 17&202&131& 94& 24\tabularnewline
\hline
{\bfseries Rejected}&&&&&&\tabularnewline
~~Male&313&207&205&279&138&351\tabularnewline
~~Female& 19&  8&391&244&299&317\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{center}

> ft1 <- ftable(UCBAdmissions, col.vars=2:3)
> ft1
         Gender Male                     Female
         Dept      A   B   C   D   E   F      A   B   C   D   E   F
Admit
Admitted         512 353 120 138  53  22     89  17 202 131  94  24
Rejected         313 207 205 279 138 351     19   8 391 244 299 317
>
> latex(ft1, file="")
Error in rv[[2]] : subscript out of bounds
>

On 12/2/2010 5:24 PM, RICHARD M. HEIBERGER wrote:
Michael,

I think this is what you are looking for.
Rich



library(Hmisc)
tmp<- array(rnorm(60), c(3,4,5),
list(letters[1:3],LETTERS[4:7],letters[8:12]))
## latex(tmp)
ftable(tmp)
dviname<- latex(ftable(tmp))
ft<- ftable(tmp)
dviname<- latex(ft,
                  colheads=attr(ft,"col.vars")[[1]],
                  rowname=attr(ft,"row.vars")[[2]],
                  rgroup=attr(ft,"row.vars")[[1]],
                  n.rgroup=c(4,4,4))

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