Colleagues,
Platform: OS X (but issue applies to all platforms)
Version: 2.8.0
I have a mixture of text and data that I am outputting via R to a pdf
document (using a fixed-width font). The text contains tabs that
align columns properly with a fixed-width font in a terminal window.
However, when the PDF document is created, the concept of a tab is not
invoked properly and columns do not align.
I could use brute force as follows:
1. identify lines of text containing tabs
2. strsplit on tabs
3. count characters preceding the tab, then replace the tab with the
appropriate number of spaces (e.g., if the string preceding the tab
has 29 characters, add 3 spaces), then paste(..., sep="")
However, I am sure a more elegant approach exists. Can anyone offer
one?
Dennis
Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
Fax: 1-415-564-2220
www.PLessThan.com
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