You could use kable() from the knitr package. kable(mytable, format = "latex", escape = FALSE)
\begin{tabular}{l} \hline $\beta_0$\\ \hline aa\\ \hline bb\\ \hline cc$\alpha_1$\\ \hline \end{tabular} ir. Thierry Onkelinx Statisticus / Statistician Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST Team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / Team Biometrics & Quality Assurance thierry.onkel...@inbo.be Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussel www.inbo.be /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. ~ John Tukey /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// <https://www.inbo.be> Op vr 6 nov. 2020 om 13:30 schreef John <miao...@gmail.com>: > I'd like to have $\alpha_1$ in my table, and the column name is $\beta_0$ > #### > library(xtable) > mytable <- data.frame(beta_0 = c("aa","bb","cc$\\alpha_1$")) > colnames(mytable) <- "$\\beta_0$" > print(xtable(mytable), include.rownames = F, sanitize.colnames.function = > identity) > #### > > No problem with \beta_0, but a problem with \alpha_1: > > \begin{table}[ht] > \centering > \begin{tabular}{l} > \hline > $\beta_0$ \\ > \hline > aa \\ > bb \\ > cc\$$\backslash$alpha\_1\$ \\ > \hline > \end{tabular} > \end{table} > > How may I fix the $\alpha_1$? Thanks! > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.