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")
flextable
object
rows where cells have to be merged.
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