I would like wrap long text in my kable table. Here is a simple example of a table with column text that is too long and needs to be wrapped for the table to fit on the page.
---
title: "test"
output: pdf_document
---
```{r setup, include=FALSE}
library(knitr)
```
This is my test
```{r test, echo=FALSE}
test <- data.frame(v1=c("This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string.",
"This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string."),
v2=c(1, 2))
kable(test)
```
I've created the pander
package to produce markdown tables in a flexible way. By default, it will split cells with long string to 30 chars, but there are a bunch of global options and fn arguments to override that, enable hyphenation and other tweaks. Quick demo:
> pander::pander(test)
-----------------------------------
v1 v2
------------------------------ ----
This is a long string. This is 1
a long string. This is a long
string. This is a long string.
This is a long string.
This is a another long string. 2
This is a another long string.
This is a another long string.
This is a another long string.
This is a another long string.
-----------------------------------
> pander::pander(test, split.cell = 80, split.table = Inf)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
v1 v2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a long string. This is a 1
long string. This is a long string.
This is a another long string. This is a another long string. This is a another 2
long string. This is a another long string. This is a another long string.
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