Get paragraph-level information from a flextable
Source:R/read_structure.R
information_data_paragraph.RdThis function takes a flextable object and returns a data.frame containing information about each paragraph within the flextable. The data.frame includes details about formatting properties and position within the row and column.
Arguments
- x
a 'flextable' object, see flextable-package to learn how to create 'flextable' object.
Value
a data.frame containing information about paragraphs:
formatting properties,
part (
.part), row (.row_id) and column (.col_id).
don't use this
These data structures should not be used, as they represent an interpretation of the underlying data structures, which may evolve over time.
They are exported to enable two packages that exploit these structures to make a transition, and should not remain available for long.
See also
Other table data extraction:
information_data_cell(),
information_data_chunk()
Examples
ft <- as_flextable(iris)
x <- information_data_paragraph(ft)
head(x)
#> .part .row_id .col_id text.align padding.bottom padding.top
#> 1 header 1 Sepal.Length right 5 5
#> 2 header 1 Sepal.Width right 5 5
#> 3 header 1 Petal.Length right 5 5
#> 4 header 1 Petal.Width right 5 5
#> 5 header 1 Species left 5 5
#> 6 header 2 Sepal.Length right 5 5
#> padding.left padding.right line_spacing border.width.bottom border.width.top
#> 1 5 5 1 0 0
#> 2 5 5 1 0 0
#> 3 5 5 1 0 0
#> 4 5 5 1 0 0
#> 5 5 5 1 0 0
#> 6 5 5 1 0 0
#> border.width.left border.width.right border.color.bottom border.color.top
#> 1 0 0 black black
#> 2 0 0 black black
#> 3 0 0 black black
#> 4 0 0 black black
#> 5 0 0 black black
#> 6 0 0 black black
#> border.color.left border.color.right border.style.bottom border.style.top
#> 1 black black solid solid
#> 2 black black solid solid
#> 3 black black solid solid
#> 4 black black solid solid
#> 5 black black solid solid
#> 6 black black solid solid
#> border.style.left border.style.right shading.color keep_with_next word_style
#> 1 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> 2 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> 3 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> 4 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> 5 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> 6 solid solid transparent FALSE Normal
#> tabs first_line hanging
#> 1 <NA> NA NA
#> 2 <NA> NA NA
#> 3 <NA> NA NA
#> 4 <NA> NA NA
#> 5 <NA> NA NA
#> 6 <NA> NA NA