Dear all, thank you very much for the provided support and all the hints, which were very helpful! Now I know how to continue.
>See ?pdf >Please, note first search commands: >apropos("pdf") >RSiteSearch("latex") >Using these, you would have found by yourself the various corresponding >functions. Philippe Sorry Philippe, I always try to solve problems myself before contacting the list, but sometimes you get so many results, that it´s somewhat confusing for an R-novice like me. I will use apropos() and RsiteSearch() next time, thank you very much.. >I don't think the OP was using Hmisc::describe. I >think it was psych::describe. Yes, it was describe from lib psych. Regards, Udo Quoting John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't think the OP was using Hmisc::describe. I > think it was psych::describe. > > > --- Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > John Kane wrote: > > > #How Can I create a text file with the output of > > > "describe"? > > > > sink('my.txt') > > describe( ) > > sink() > > > > If you use LaTeX you'll get more (and better) output > > including tiny > > high-resolution histograms of continuous variables. > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > ?sink > > > ?write.table > > > ?write.csv > > > > > > #delete some variables. > > > > > > ?Extract > > > df[,-(10:12)] > > > df[, 1:9] > > > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >> Dear list readers, > > >> I want to: > > >> > > >> 1. Get a table of basic descriptive statistics > > for > > >> my variables > > >> with the variable names one below the other > > >> like SPSS descriptive statistics: > > >> > > >> Varname N Min Max Mean SD > > >> xxxx x x x x x > > >> xxx x x x x x > > >> .... > > >> > > >> 2. Delete some variables from a data frame or > > >> exclude variables > > >> from beeing analyzed. > > >> > > >> 3. Create a text file / redirect the terminal > > output > > >> to a > > >> file (it is supposed to be easy, but I could not > > >> find a solution)? > > >> > > >> 4. Create a latex/dvi file > > >> > > >> 5. Create a PDF file (can that be done within R?) > > >> > > >> This code took me some ours (I am new to R). What > > do > > >> you think about > > >> my solution? Are there easier ones? Comments > > >> welcome! Sorry if > > >> my questions look very basic and I hope they are > > >> understandable. > > >> > > >> > > >> #here is my code > > >> setwd("c:\\temp") #set working directory > > >> > > >> library(psych) > > >> library(xtable) > > >> library(tools) > > >> > > >> #Create example data frame with many variables > > >> df <- as.data.frame(matrix( rnorm(1000), > > ncol=100)) > > >> > > >> df <- describe(df) #describe from lib psych > > >> > > >> #How Can I create a text file with the output of > > >> "describe"? > > >> #The "save as" function from the GUI saves > > >> #only last part of the output to a text file (the > > >> first part is cut) > > >> > > >> > > >> #delete some variables. Or can I exclude > > variables > > >> from > > >> #beeing analyzed by "describe" to reduce the > > numer > > >> of cols? > > >> df$kurtosis <- df$skew <- df$se <- NULL > > >> > > >> x.df <- xtable(df) #Create an xtable object > > >> print(x.df, tabular.environment = "longtable", , > > >> floating = FALSE, > > >> file="c:\\temp\\descript.tex") #create > > latex > > >> file > > >> > > >> # produce dvi file in working directory (from > > tools) > > >> texi2dvi("c:\\temp\\descript.tex") #the lines > > below > > >> have to be added > > >> > > >> #Problem: these lines have to be added "manually" > > to > > >> the latex > > >> #before calling "texi2dvi": > > >> > > >> #\documentclass{article} > > >> #\usepackage{longtable} > > >> # Latex code > > >> #\end{document > > >> > > >> > > >> #Can I prodcuce a PDF file within R? > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks a lot in advance! > > >> Udo > > >> > > >> ______________________________________________ > > >> 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. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > [[elided Yahoo spam]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair > > School of Medicine > > Department of Biostatistics > > Vanderbilt University > > > > > > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ > > ______________________________________________ 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.