Thanks! My LaTeX knowledge is quite limited, I don't even know which one of these
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/ctan?term=PSTricks I should install to get PSTricks working. I have used TeXShop once or twice on my Mac. So, I maybe prefer plain R solution. -J 2010/8/16 Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com>: > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:59 PM, johannes rara wrote: > >> I have a large dataset and I would like to make some kind of flowchart >> from this dataset. The idea is to show rowcounts from data subsets: >> >> data1 >> rows= 100000 >> | >> / \ >> / \ >> males females, >> rows=500000 rows=500000 >> /\ >> / \ >> / \ >> brown hair white hair >> rows=25000 rows=25000 >> >> Any ideas how this can be done using R? > > > One approach is using Sweave along with PSTricks, specifically the pst-tree > package. > > More information and examples here: > > http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pst-tree/pst-tree > > The Indian TUG also has a pretty decent tutorial series on using PSTricks > here: > > http://sarovar.org/projects/pstricks/ > > with Chapter 11 focusing on creating trees: > > http://sarovar.org/frs/download.php/1188/chap11.pdf > > > I use pst-tree (and pst-node) to create subject disposition flow charts and > stratification trees for clinical studies. I create the framework for the TeX > graphic and then use \Sexpr{}'s to fill in the counts, percentages, other > annotation, etc. as required from the data. > > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
