Merge flextable cells horizontally when consecutive cells have identical values. Text of formatted values are used to compare values.
merge_h(x, i = NULL, part = "body")
| x |
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|---|---|
| i | rows where cells have to be merged. |
| part | partname of the table where merge has to be done. |
Other flextable merging function:
merge_at(),
merge_h_range(),
merge_none(),
merge_v()
dummy_df <- data.frame( col1 = letters, col2 = letters, stringsAsFactors = FALSE ) ft_merge <- flextable(dummy_df) ft_merge <- merge_h(x = ft_merge) ft_merge #> a flextable object. #> col_keys: `col1`, `col2` #> header has 1 row(s) #> body has 26 row(s) #> original dataset sample: #> col1 col2 #> 1 a a #> 2 b b #> 3 c c #> 4 d d #> 5 e e