Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-08-01 Thread Greg Snow
I think it may be time for you to rethink your process. Yes there are ways to do what you are asking, but when you start wanting to combine graphs, tables, r output and descriptions and annotations then it is time to look into tools like knitr. With knitr you can create a template file with R

[R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread John McKown
OK, I'm probably using the wrong tool for this, but I'm doing everything else in this project in R, so I'm looking at how to do this too. I create a number of graphs using ggplot2. I use the png() function before the print(..graph.variable..) in order to create a PNG file which can be embedded in

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 31/07/2014, 7:49 AM, John McKown wrote: OK, I'm probably using the wrong tool for this, but I'm doing everything else in this project in R, so I'm looking at how to do this too. I create a number of graphs using ggplot2. I use the png() function before the print(..graph.variable..) in order

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread Jim Lemon
On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:49:22 AM John McKown wrote: OK, I'm probably using the wrong tool for this, but I'm doing everything else in this project in R, so I'm looking at how to do this too. I create a number of graphs using ggplot2. I use the png() function before the print(..graph.variable..)

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 31/07/2014, 8:06 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 31/07/2014, 7:49 AM, John McKown wrote: OK, I'm probably using the wrong tool for this, but I'm doing everything else in this project in R, so I'm looking at how to do this too. I create a number of graphs using ggplot2. I use the png()

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Jody White j...@jody-white.com wrote: What about xtable? If it's going to PowerPoint and you're using RStudio, what about using knitr and exporting to PowerPoint and use xtable? I'll need to look at those. I'm new to R and am not familiar with either of those

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread David Winsemius
On Jul 31, 2014, at 4:49 AM, John McKown wrote: OK, I'm probably using the wrong tool for this, but I'm doing everything else in this project in R, so I'm looking at how to do this too. I create a number of graphs using ggplot2. I use the png() function before the print(..graph.variable..)

Re: [R] Need(?) way to create a picture (or plot) of a data.frame

2014-07-31 Thread John Kane
Have a look at http://www.r-bloggers.com/getting-tables-from-r-output/ for a suggestion. using raw xtable output You end up having to format the table in a word processor or spreadsheet, but it seems to work. I keep forgetting just how ugly html tables can be. John Kane Kingston ON Canada