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Change headers labels

Source: R/augment_rows.R
set_header_labels.Rd

This function set labels for specified columns in the bottom row header of a flextable.

Usage

set_header_labels(x, ..., values = NULL)

Arguments

x

a flextable object

...

named arguments (names are data colnames), each element is a single character value specifying label to use.

values

a named list (names are data colnames), each element is a single character value specifying label to use. If provided, argument ... will be ignored. It can also be a unamed character vector, in that case, it must have the same length than the number of columns of the flextable.

See also

Other functions to add rows in a flextable: add_body_row(), add_body(), add_footer_lines(), add_footer_row(), add_footer(), add_header_row(), add_header(), separate_header(), set_header_footer_df

Examples

ft <- flextable(head(iris))
ft <- set_header_labels(ft,
  Sepal.Length = "Sepal length",
  Sepal.Width = "Sepal width", Petal.Length = "Petal length",
  Petal.Width = "Petal width"
)

ft <- flextable(head(iris))
ft <- set_header_labels(ft,
  values = list(
    Sepal.Length = "Sepal length",
    Sepal.Width = "Sepal width",
    Petal.Length = "Petal length",
    Petal.Width = "Petal width"
  )
)
ft

Sepal length
Sepal width
Petal length
Petal width
Species
5.1
3.5
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.9
3.0
1.4
0.2
setosa
4.7
3.2
1.3
0.2
setosa
4.6
3.1
1.5
0.2
setosa
5.0
3.6
1.4
0.2
setosa
5.4
3.9
1.7
0.4
setosa