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Perform LaTeX escaping

Source: R/helpers.R
escape_latex.Rd

Text may contain several characters with special meanings in LaTeX. escape_latex() will transform a character vector so that it is safe to use within LaTeX tables.

Usage

escape_latex(
  text,
  unicode_conversion = getOption("gt.latex.unicode_convert", default = FALSE)
)

Arguments

text

LaTeX text

vector<character> // required

A character vector containing the text that is to be LaTeX-escaped.

unicode_conversion

Boolean

scalar<boolean> // default: TRUE

A boolean value indicating whether unicode in text should be turned into LaTeX.

Value

A character vector.

Function ID

8-29

Function Introduced

v0.2.0.5 (March 31, 2020)

See also

Other helper functions: adjust_luminance(), cell_borders(), cell_fill(), cell_text(), currency(), default_fonts(), from_column(), google_font(), gt_latex_dependencies(), html(), latex(), md(), nanoplot_options(), pct(), px(), random_id(), row_group(), stub(), system_fonts(), unit_conversion()