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sorting a table for latex output with xtable


I´m trying to produce a sorted table and export in to latex. However it seems xtable cannot cope with sorted tables. Suggestions?

   a<-sample(letters,500,replace=T)
    b<-table(a)
    c<-sort(table(a),decreasing=T)
    xtable(b)
    xtable(c)

//M


Solution

  • Pretty easy: sort() does not return a table, but an array. Use as.table() to solve your problem :

    a<-sample(letters,500,replace=T)
    b<-table(a)
    class(b)
    c<-sort(table(a),decreasing=T)
    class(c)
    d <- as.table(c)
    class(d)
    xtable(d)