Merge flextable cells horizontally

Merge flextable cells horizontally when consecutive cells have identical values. Text of formatted values are used to compare values.

Usage

merge_h(x, i = NULL, part = "body")

Arguments

x

a 'flextable' object, see flextable-package to learn how to create 'flextable' object.

i

row selector, see section Row selection with the i parameter in <Selectors in flextable>.

part

part selector, see section Part selection with the part parameter in <Selectors in flextable>. Value 'all' is not allowed by the function.

See also

Other flextable merging function: merge_at(), merge_h_range(), merge_none(), merge_v()

Examples

dummy_df <- data.frame(
  col1 = letters,
  col2 = letters, stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
ft_merge <- flextable(dummy_df)
ft_merge <- merge_h(x = ft_merge)
ft_merge
col1
col2
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z