Re: import R data frame into org-mode table

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

"Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> writes:

>
> Indeed, thanks, and, my worked out example follows using emacs 2.18.9 and org-mode version 8.0.6
>

2.18.9?

> #+LATEX: \listoftables
> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{longtable}
> #+name: longtabletest
> #+CAPTION: test of longtable caption
> #+begin_src R :results value :colnames yes
> data.frame(num=1:260,alpha=rep(LETTERS,10))
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
> #+attr_latex: :environment longtable
> | num | alpha |
> |-----+-------|
> |   1 | A     |
> |   2 | B     |       
> ...

Does this really produce a table caption for you when you export to
latex? And does the attr_latex line stay there at the top of the table
when the code block is evaluated?  For me, the answers are "no" and
"no". I have to rewrite it as follows in order for it to work:

> #+begin_src R :results value :colnames yes
> data.frame(num=1:260,alpha=rep(LETTERS,10))
> #+end_src
>
> #+CAPTION: test of longtable caption
> #+attr_latex: :environment longtable
> #+RESULTS:
> | num | alpha |
> |-----+-------|
> |   1 | A     |
> |   2 | B     |

-- 
Nick