Miscellaneous Toolkit - textable

Function File: textable (matrix)

Function File: textable (matrix, params, …)

Save matrix in LaTeX format (tabular or array).

The input matrix must be numeric and two dimensional.

The generated LaTeX source can be saved directly to a file with the option file. The file can then be inserted in any latex document by using the \input{latex file name without .tex} statement.

Available parameters are:

• file: filename to save the generated LaTeX source. Requires a string as value.
• rlines: display row lines.
• clines: display column lines.
• align: column alignment. Valid values are ‘l’, ‘c’ and ‘r’ for center, left and right (default).
• math: create table in array environment inside displaymath environment. It requires a string as value which will be the name of the matrix.

The basic usage is to generate the source for a table without lines and right alignment (default values):

 textable (data)
     ⇒
        \begin{tabular}{rrr}
            0.889283 & 0.949328 & 0.205663 \\
            0.225978 & 0.426528 & 0.189561 \\
            0.245896 & 0.466162 & 0.225864 \\
        \end{tabular}
 

Alternatively, the source can be saved directly into a file:

 textable (data, "file", "data.tex");
 

The appearance of the table can be controled with switches and key values. The following generates a table with both row and column lines (rlines and clines), and center alignment:

 textable (data, "rlines", "clines", "align", "c")
     ⇒
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
            \hline 
            0.889283 & 0.949328 & 0.205663 \\
            \hline 
            0.225978 & 0.426528 & 0.189561 \\
            \hline 
            0.245896 & 0.466162 & 0.225864 \\
            \hline 
        \end{tabular}
 

Finnally, for math mode, it is also possible to place the matrix in an array environment and name the matrix:

 textable (data, "math", "matrix-name")
     ⇒
        \begin{displaymath}
          \mathbf{matrix-name} =
          \left(
          \begin{array}{*{ 3 }{rrr}}
            0.889283 & 0.949328 & 0.205663 \\
            0.225978 & 0.426528 & 0.189561 \\
            0.245896 & 0.466162 & 0.225864 \\
          \end{array}
          \right)
        \end{displaymath}
 

See also: csv2latex, publish.