Result from summary in xtable

Question

I have a vector of values, and I want to use the output of "summary" in LaTeX. I understand that xtable is designed for exactly that purpose.

However ...

> values <- c(1,2,3)
> summary(values)
Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max. 
1.0     1.5     2.0     2.0     2.5     3.0 
> xtable(summary(values))
Error in xtable.table(summary(values)) : 
  xtable.table is not implemented for tables of > 2 dimensions

What am I doing wrong here?

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '14 at 23:00

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I think it's because xtable would be happier if you were summarising a dataframe rather than a vector. Try this instead:

values <- c(1,2,3)
values <- data.frame(x=values)
xtable(summary(values))

answered Sep 19 '14 at 23:00

Nicholas

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 14:44

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xtable(data.frame(summary(values[1:6])))

edited Sep 18 '14 at 14:44

Werner

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 13:53

M. Totti

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Welcome to TeX.SX! The answer would be improved by adding some explanation or a reference to where there is relevant documentation. – Andrew Swann Sep 18 '14 at 14:02

Result from summary in xtable

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