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I am generating several tables in R and then exporting them to HTML(5). For instance:

#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R-org* :results output raw :exports results
  df <- data.frame(x=0.110, y=0.132)
  rownames(df) <- "Rates"
  print(ascii(df, header=TRUE, colnames=colnames(df), rownames=rownames(df),
              digits=3, caption="Rates"),
        type="org")
#+END_SRC

This seems to work well enough, but it creates very ugly tables. How do I assign HTML attributes (as shown with the #+ATTR_HTML line in org manual) from the R block?

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  • Where does the ascii() function come from?
    – Tyler
    Sep 30, 2016 at 19:06
  • found it, the ascii package, as it turns out.
    – Tyler
    Sep 30, 2016 at 19:08
  • It's a function from the R ascii package that prints raw org-mode formatted tables (among other formats). For other examples see this page. Sep 30, 2016 at 19:09

2 Answers 2

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You can handle this from the R side:

* Test this

** Original
#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R-org* :results output raw :exports results
  library(ascii)
  df <- data.frame(x=0.110, y=0.132)
  rownames(df) <- "Rates"
  print(ascii(df, header=TRUE, colnames=colnames(df), rownames=rownames(df),
              digits=3, caption="Rates"),
        type="org")
#+END_SRC


** Formatted
#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R-org* :results output raw :exports results
  library(ascii)
  df <- data.frame(x=0.110, y=0.132)
  rownames(df) <- "Rates"
  cat("#+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border\n")
  print(ascii(df, header=TRUE, colnames=colnames(df), rownames=rownames(df),
              digits=3, caption="Rates"),
        type="org")
#+END_SRC

That's a bit ugly. It would be neater if the author of the ascii provided a header argument that allowed you to explicitly add an org-mode header in the call to ascii. (they do provide a header argument, but it serves another purpose). That may be a reasonable feature request.

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  • That is ugly, but it works. I will submit a feature request. Thanks! Sep 30, 2016 at 19:31
  • I missed a \n in the cat() statement that is important! Edited to correct
    – Tyler
    Sep 30, 2016 at 19:31
  • Alternatively, it would be easy to write your own wrapper function in R that would bundle the cat() statement and the ascii output for you.
    – Tyler
    Sep 30, 2016 at 19:32
  • That is what I am thinking. Isolate the ugly stuff. Sep 30, 2016 at 19:33
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Simple HTML exporting R tables from Org-mode

Perhaps you can try :results output value , :colnames yes :rownames yes.

#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R-org* :results output value :exports results :colnames yes :rownames yes
df <- data.frame(x=0.110, y=0.132)
rownames(df) <- "Rates"
df
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
|       |    x |     y |
|-------+------+-------|
| Rates | 0.11 | 0.132 |


HTML Exporting with Captions and Labels

If you need captions or reference labels,

#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R-org* :results output value :exports results :colnames yes :rownames yes
df <- data.frame(x=0.110, y=0.132)
rownames(df) <- "Rates"
df
#+END_SRC

#+CAPTION: Rates
#+NAME: TABLE-TMP-01
#+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
#+RESULTS:
|       |    x |     y |
|-------+------+-------|
| Rates | 0.11 | 0.132 |


Now we have a reference for Table [[TABLE-TMP-01]].

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