=============================== memisc 0.99 published on CRAN =============================== .. post:: 2016-01-18 :category: software, memisc .. previewimage:: ftable-matrix-xmpl.png A new version 0.99 of package `memisc `__ has been published on `CRAN `__, which adds a few new features to the previously published version. One highlight of the new release is the support for output into HTML. Since contemporary word processors can read HTML, it is now much easier to get nicely formatted ``mtable`` output in “Word” or “LibreOffice”. Another highlight is the ability to create complex tables by putting together other tables. .. figure:: ftable-matrix-xmpl.png :figwidth: 350px :align: center An example of a complex table created by putting together constituent tables Changes since 0.97 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New features ^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Support for exporting results of various functions into HTML format is now supported by the function ``format_html``. This should make it easier to import them into HTML or word-processing documents (that support importing HTML). A preview of the HTML is made available by the new (generic) function ``show_html``. In particular, results of the functions ``mtable`` (i.e. tables of model estimates), ``ftable`` (i.e. flattened contingency tables etc.), and ``codebooks``, can be exported int. HTML using ``format_html``. Also data frames can be exported into HTML. - A function ``dsView`` is added, which allows a display of ``data.set`` objects similar as ``View`` displays data frames. - ``mtable`` now handles multi-equation models better, in particular if the model objects supplied as arguments vary in the number and/or names of the equations. There is also a new option to place confidence intervals to the right of coefficient estimates. Further ``mtable`` gains the following optional aguments: - ``show.baselevel``, which allows to suppress the display of baseline categories of dummy variables, when dummy variable coefficients are displayed - ``sdigits``, to specify the number of digits of summary statistics. - ``gs.options``, to pass optional arguments to ``getSummary``, allowin for more flexibility in creating tables. One can now use a ``summaryTemplate`` generic function for formatting model summaries, in addition to set the template by ``setSummaryTemplate``. Finally, parts of “mtables” can be extracted using the ``[`` operator as with matrices, and “mtables” can now also be concatenated. - There is now an object class for survey items containing dates, called ``"datetime.item"`` - There is a new function ``wild.codes`` to check wild codes (i.e. unlabelled codes of an otherwise labelled item.) - ``codebook`` now supports data frames, factors, and numeric vectors. - A ``toLatex`` method exists now for ``data.set`` objects. - A new ``percentages`` function is added to allow easy creation of tables of percentages. - Support for with model groups in ``mtable``. ``c.mtable`` now creates groups of models, if arguments are tagged. - Flattened contingency tables (``ftable``\ s as they are created by the eponymous function in the ``stats`` package) can now be combined into ``ftable_matrix`` objects. This can be done by using ``rbind()`` or ``cbind()``. Bugfixes ^^^^^^^^ - ``spss.fixed.file`` is now able to handle labelled strings and ``value labels`` and ``missing values`` statements. - Internal C-code used by ``spss.fixed.file`` no longer assumed that arguments are copied – some strange behaviour of objects created by ``spss.fixed.file`` is now corrected. - Description of items in external data sources is more complete now - the same information as for items in internal ``data.sets``. - ``applyTemplate`` now returns empty strings for undefined quantities. - ``collect`` method for ``data.sets`` now works as expected. - ``spss.fixed.file`` now checks whether there are undefined variables in ``varlab.file`` etc. - ``Stata.file`` now can import Stata 9 and Stata 10 files. - ``str`` and ``ls.str`` are imported from the ``utils`` package to prevent a NOTE in R CMD check User-visible changes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Argument ``drop`` is no longer used by function ``mtable``. - All vignettes now use *knitr*. - Format of file produced by ``write.mtable`` can now be specified using a ``format=`` argument. But ``forLaTeX=TRUE`` still can be used to get LaTeX files. Defunct ^^^^^^^ - The functions ``Termplot``, ``Simulate``, and ``panel.errbars`` are defunct. Graphics similar to those built with ``panel.errbars`` can be created with facilities provided by the package “mplot”, which is currently available on GitHub. - The function ``UnZip`` has been removed from the package. ``unzip`` in conjunction with ``system.file`` does the same job, as can be seen in the example for ``spss.portable.file``.