change vertical alignment of selected rows and columns of a flextable.
valign(x, i = NULL, j = NULL, valign = "center", part = "body")
a flextable object
rows selection
columns selection
vertical alignment of paragraph within cell, one of "center" or "top" or "bottom".
partname of the table (one of 'all', 'body', 'header', 'footer')
ft_1 <- flextable(iris[c(1:3, 51:53, 101:103), ])
ft_1 <- theme_box(ft_1)
ft_1 <- merge_v(ft_1, j = 5)
ft_1
#> a flextable object.
#> col_keys: `Sepal.Length`, `Sepal.Width`, `Petal.Length`, `Petal.Width`, `Species`
#> header has 1 row(s)
#> body has 9 row(s)
#> original dataset sample:
#> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
#> 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
#> 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
#> 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
#> 51 7.0 3.2 4.7 1.4 versicolor
#> 52 6.4 3.2 4.5 1.5 versicolor
ft_2 <- valign(ft_1, j = 5, valign = "top", part = "all")
ft_2
#> a flextable object.
#> col_keys: `Sepal.Length`, `Sepal.Width`, `Petal.Length`, `Petal.Width`, `Species`
#> header has 1 row(s)
#> body has 9 row(s)
#> original dataset sample:
#> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
#> 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
#> 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
#> 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
#> 51 7.0 3.2 4.7 1.4 versicolor
#> 52 6.4 3.2 4.5 1.5 versicolor