Hi, Also:
a_table[grep("\\d+",a_table)]<-paste0(sprintf("%.2f",as.numeric(a_table[grep("\\d+",a_table)])),"$\\pm$") # 2 d.p. print(xtable(a_table),sanitize.text.function=identity) A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> To: Sachinthaka Abeywardana <sachin.abeyward...@gmail.com> Cc: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [R] xtable use plus minus Hi, Try: a_table[grep("\\d+",a_table)]<- paste0(a_table[grep("\\d+",a_table)],"$\\pm$") library(xtable) print(xtable(a_table),sanitize.text.function=identity) % latex table generated in R 3.0.1 by xtable 1.7-1 package % Thu Sep 12 21:26:45 2013 \begin{table}[ht] \centering \begin{tabular}{rlllll} \hline & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline 1 & Fruits & Adam & errorA & steve & errorS \\ 2 & apples & 17.1$\pm$ & 2.22$\pm$ & 3.2$\pm$ & 1.1$\pm$ \\ 3 & oranges & 3.1$\pm$ & 2.55$\pm$ & 18.1$\pm$ & 3.2$\pm$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sachinthaka Abeywardana <sachin.abeyward...@gmail.com> To: "r-help@r-project.org" <r-help@r-project.org> Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:46 PM Subject: [R] xtable use plus minus I am using a similar dataset to the following: a= c("Fruits", "Adam","errorA", "steve", "errorS", "apples", 17.1,2.22, 3.2,1.1, "oranges", 3.1,2.55, 18.1,3.2 ) a_table=data.matrix(t(matrix(a,nrow=5))) I would like to plus minus every second column starting from errorA (using xtable/ hmisc) example output (ignoring decimals): Fruits && Adam && Steve \\ Apples && 17\pm 2 && 3 \pm 1 \\ Oranges && 3\pm 2 && 18 \pm 3\\ Additionally is there any way I can have just to 2 d.p.? Thanks, Sachin [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.