How should we convey complex data? The image is is CC by Sacha Fernandez.

My htmlTable-function has perhaps been one of my most successful projects. I developed it in order to get tables matching those available in top medical journals. As the function has grown I’ve decided to separate it from my Gmisc-package into a separate package, and at the time of writing this I’ve just released the 1.3 version. While htmlTable allows for creating plain tables without any fancy formatting (see usage vignette) it is primarily aimed at complex tables. In this post I’ll try to show you what you can do and how to tame some of the more advanced features. Continue reading →