Thank You for answer. I Tried code that You provided in reply to my question on both PC's with Linux and Widows OS.
On linux box output is: > xtable(diag(c("$\\sigma_1^2$","$\\sigma_2^2$"))) % latex table generated in R 2.4.0 by xtable 1.4-3 package % Tue Apr 17 09:18:31 2007 \begin{table}[ht] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{rll} \hline & 1 & 2 \\ \hline 1 & \$$\backslash$sigma\_1\verb|^|2\$ & 0 \\ 2 & 0 & \$$\backslash$sigma\_2\verb|^|2\$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{table} System information: > sessionInfo () R version 2.4.0 (2006-10-03) i686-redhat-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=lv_LV.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] "tcltk" "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" [7] "datasets" "base" other attached packages: xtable pls ellipse "1.4-3" "1.2-1" "0.3-2" > version platform i686-redhat-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status major 2 minor 4.0 year 2006 month 10 day 03 svn rev 39566 language R version.string R version 2.4.0 (2006-10-03) And there is an output form my windows PC: > mat <- diag (c("$\\sigma_1^2","$\\sigma_2^2$")) > xtable (mat) % latex table generated in R 2.4.1 by xtable 1.4-3 package % Tue Apr 17 09:39:09 2007 \begin{table}[ht] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{rll} \hline & 1 & 2 \\ \hline 1 & \$$\backslash$sigma\_1\verb|^|2 & 0 \\ 2 & 0 & \$$\backslash$sigma\_2\verb|^|2\$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{table} > sessionInfo () R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 attached base packages: [1] "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" "methods" "base" other attached packages: xtable "1.4-3" > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 4.1 year 2006 month 12 day 18 svn rev 40228 language R version.string R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18) Thank You, Andris Jankevics On Pirmdiena, 16. Aprīlis 2007 22:38, Charles C. Berry wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Andris Jankevics wrote: > > Dear R-helpers, > > > > I am using xtable package to prepare a Latex code of some R tables. > > Is this possible to have a greek symbols in xtable cells? > > > > How can I get for example a string of : $\Delta$ > > > >> "$\Delta$" > > > > [1] "$Delta$" > > > > And string: > "$\\Delta$" > > [1] "$\\Delta$" > > > > Gives a latex aoutput like: \$$\backslash$Delta\$ > > The posting guide says > > Sometimes it helps to provide a small example that someone can > actually run. > > which you did not do. > > This makes it hard for us to pinpoint the error. > > For me, this works > > > mat <- diag(c("$\\sigma_1^2$","$\\sigma_2^2$")) > > xtable(mat) > > % latex table generated in R 2.4.1 by xtable 1.4-2 package > % Mon Apr 16 12:27:54 2007 > \begin{table}[ht] > \begin{center} > \begin{tabular}{rll} > \hline > & 1 & 2 \\ > \hline > 1 & $\sigma_1^2$ & 0 \\ > 2 & 0 & $\sigma_2^2$ \\ > \hline > \end{tabular} > \end{center} > \end{table} > > > > and placing the text output in between > > \documentclass{article} > > \begin{document} > > and > > \end{document} > > saving the file and running latex (or pdflatex) produces nicely set > output with the Greek letter 'sigma' properly rendered. > > > Thank You in advance > > > > Andris Jankevics > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > > Charles C. Berry (858) 534-2098 > Dept of Family/Preventive > Medicine E mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] UC San Diego > http://biostat.ucsd.edu/~cberry/ La Jolla, San Diego 92093-0901 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.