I get an error when trying to create a pdf that has a booktabs table in it. If I delete the table code, the pdf is created without a problem.
RStudio: Latest version
R: latest version
tinytex: latest version
Below is my Rmd file:
---
title: "table"
author: "Author"
date: "2/13/2021"
output:
pdf_document:
latex_engine: xelatex
html_document:
df_print: paged
includes:
in_header: preamble.tex
---
Something here
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Descriptive Statistics}
\label{tab:descriptiveStatistics}
{
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\toprule
& Weight \\
\cmidrule[0.4pt]{1-2}
Valid & 13 \\
Missing & 0 \\
Mean & 170.769 \\
Std. Deviation & 29.255 \\
Minimum & 140.000 \\
Maximum & 235.000 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table}
Below is my preamble.tex file:
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{makecell}
The error that I get is as follows:
output file: test.knit.md
! Undefined control sequence.
l.81 \toprule
Error: LaTeX failed to compile test.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See test.log for more info.
In addition: Warning message:
In has_crop_tools() :
Tool(s) not installed or not in PATH: pdfcrop, ghostcript
-> As a result, figure cropping will be disabled.
Execution halted
Your preamble.tex isn't included because your yaml header is wrong. Should be:
---
title: "table"
author: "Author"
date: "2/13/2021"
output:
pdf_document:
latex_engine: xelatex
includes:
in_header: preamble.tex
html_document:
df_print: paged
---
Then it works.
I would also recommend using kableExtra. It basically produces LaTeX code and saves you a lot of time making tables in my experience. You can set keep_tex: yes (also under pdf_document:) to double-check what is being produced.