There seems to be some inappropriate quoting in the tabular function from 
the tables package. Consider this example:
library(tables)
sampledf <- data.frame( Manufacturer=c(rep("Joe & Co.",6)
                                       ,rep("\\tabular, Inc.",4))
                       ,
Tool=rep(c("Shovel","Screwdriver","Harpoon"
                                 ,"Items","Stuff"),each=2)
                       , When=rep(c("List","After"),times=5)
                       , Price=c(180,190,190,180,200,200,140,145,150,140)
                       )
sampledf$MfrTool <- with( sampledf
                         , factor( paste( Manufacturer, "-", Tool ) )
)
tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf )
which produces for me:
                                           When
                                           After    List
                                           Price    Price
  MfrTool                                  identity identity
  \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items   145      140
  \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff   140      150
  Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon     200      200
  Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver 180      190
  Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel      190      180
Although I do intend to pass this through the latex() function, I think
that in this representation the substitution of '\textbackslash{}' for
'\' is premature, and I am not sure why the backslash is getting doubled
here.  In any event, the ampersand in 'Joe & Co.' is getting a
'\' added
to it (which it shouldn't here), and then when I pass this through the
latex function I get:
> latex(tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf ))
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{When} \\
  & After & \multicolumn{1}{c}{List} \\
  & Price & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Price} \\
MfrTool  & identity & \multicolumn{1}{c}{identity} \\
\hline
\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items  & $145$ & $140$ \\
\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff  & $140$ & $150$ \\
Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon  & $200$ & $200$ \\
Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver  & $180$ & $190$ \\
Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel  & $190$ & $180$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
where 'Joe & Co.' has become illegal TeX.
For reference,, my session:
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.15.3 (2013-03-01)
Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
attached base packages:
[1] splines   stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
[8] base
other attached packages:
[1] tables_0.7      Hmisc_3.12-2    Formula_1.1-1   survival_2.37-4
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] cluster_1.14.4  grid_2.15.3     lattice_0.20-24 rpart_4.1-3
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On 13-11-10 1:16 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:> There seems to be some 
inappropriate quoting in the tabular function from
 > the tables package. Consider this example:
 >
 > library(tables)
 > sampledf <- data.frame( Manufacturer=c(rep("Joe & Co.",6)
 >                                         ,rep("\\tabular,
Inc.",4))
 >                         ,
Tool=rep(c("Shovel","Screwdriver","Harpoon"
 >                                  
,"Items","Stuff"),each=2)
 >                         ,
When=rep(c("List","After"),times=5)
 >                         , 
Price=c(180,190,190,180,200,200,140,145,150,140)
 >                         )
 > sampledf$MfrTool <- with( sampledf
 >                           , factor( paste( Manufacturer, "-",
Tool ) ) )
 > tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf )
 >
 > which produces for me:
 >
 >                                             When
 >                                             After    List
 >                                             Price    Price
 >    MfrTool                                  identity identity
 >    \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items   145      140
 >    \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff   140      150
 >    Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon     200      200
 >    Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver 180      190
 >    Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel      190      180
 >
 > Although I do intend to pass this through the latex() function, I think
 > that in this representation the substitution of '\textbackslash{}'
for
 > '\' is premature,
Yes, that's a bug.  I have just fixed it.
  and I am not sure why the backslash is getting doubled
That's just the way R prints matrix entries that contain single 
backslashes.  print.tabular just converts the table + labels to a matrix 
and then prints it without quotes.
 > here.  In any event, the ampersand in 'Joe & Co.' is getting a
'\' added
 > to it (which it shouldn't here), and then when I pass this through the
 > latex function I get:
The & backslash is the same bug as the first one.
 >
 >> latex(tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf ))
 >
 > \begin{tabular}{lcc}
 > \hline
 >    & \multicolumn{2}{c}{When} \\
 >    & After & \multicolumn{1}{c}{List} \\
 >    & Price & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Price} \\
 > MfrTool  & identity & \multicolumn{1}{c}{identity} \\
 > \hline
 > \textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items  & $145$ & $140$ \\
 > \textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff  & $140$ & $150$ \\
 > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon  & $200$ & $200$ \\
 > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver  & $180$ & $190$ \\
 > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel  & $190$ & $180$ \\
 > \hline
 > \end{tabular}
 >
 > where 'Joe & Co.' has become illegal TeX.
After the fix, this appears as
 > latex(tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf ))
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{When} \\
  & After & \multicolumn{1}{c}{List} \\
  & Price & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Price} \\
MfrTool  & identity & \multicolumn{1}{c}{identity} \\
\hline
\tabular, Inc. - Items  & $145$ & $140$ \\
\tabular, Inc. - Stuff  & $140$ & $150$ \\
Joe & Co. - Harpoon  & $200$ & $200$ \\
Joe & Co. - Screwdriver  & $180$ & $190$ \\
Joe & Co. - Shovel  & $190$ & $180$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
which is probably still not what you want:  here you'd want the & in the
company name to be escaped.  I'll have to think about this a bit to find 
the best solution, but in the meantime, if you use the R-forge version, 
you can get the right behaviour by including the escape in the original 
factor level.  (What I may do is include some information about whether 
something has been texified or not, so that it only happens once.  Or 
perhaps I will just never do it unless you explicitly ask for it.  We'll 
see.)
Duncan Murdoch
 >
 > For reference,, my session:
 >
 >> sessionInfo()
 > R version 2.15.3 (2013-03-01)
 > Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
 >
 > locale:
 > [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
 > [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
 > [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
 > [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
 > [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
 >
 > attached base packages:
 > [1] splines   stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
 > [8] base
 >
 > other attached packages:
 > [1] tables_0.7      Hmisc_3.12-2    Formula_1.1-1   survival_2.37-4
 >
 > loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 > [1] cluster_1.14.4  grid_2.15.3     lattice_0.20-24 rpart_4.1-3
 >
 >
 > 
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On 13-11-10 1:16 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:> There seems to be some inappropriate quoting in the tabular function from > the tables package. Consider this example:This turned out to be different than I thought at first. It was simply that I mis-used the latexTranslate function from the Hmisc package. I'll be committing some different changes soon. Duncan Murdoch> > library(tables) > sampledf <- data.frame( Manufacturer=c(rep("Joe & Co.",6) > ,rep("\\tabular, Inc.",4)) > , Tool=rep(c("Shovel","Screwdriver","Harpoon" > ,"Items","Stuff"),each=2) > , When=rep(c("List","After"),times=5) > , Price=c(180,190,190,180,200,200,140,145,150,140) > ) > sampledf$MfrTool <- with( sampledf > , factor( paste( Manufacturer, "-", Tool ) ) ) > tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf ) > > which produces for me: > > When > After List > Price Price > MfrTool identity identity > \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items 145 140 > \\textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff 140 150 > Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon 200 200 > Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver 180 190 > Joe \\textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel 190 180 > > Although I do intend to pass this through the latex() function, I think > that in this representation the substitution of '\textbackslash{}' for > '\' is premature, and I am not sure why the backslash is getting doubled > here. In any event, the ampersand in 'Joe & Co.' is getting a '\' added > to it (which it shouldn't here), and then when I pass this through the > latex function I get: > >> latex(tabular( MfrTool ~ When * Price * identity, data=sampledf )) > > \begin{tabular}{lcc} > \hline > & \multicolumn{2}{c}{When} \\ > & After & \multicolumn{1}{c}{List} \\ > & Price & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Price} \\ > MfrTool & identity & \multicolumn{1}{c}{identity} \\ > \hline > \textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Items & $145$ & $140$ \\ > \textbackslash{}tabular, Inc. - Stuff & $140$ & $150$ \\ > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Harpoon & $200$ & $200$ \\ > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Screwdriver & $180$ & $190$ \\ > Joe \textbackslash{}& Co. - Shovel & $190$ & $180$ \\ > \hline > \end{tabular} > > where 'Joe & Co.' has become illegal TeX. > > For reference,, my session: > >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.15.3 (2013-03-01) > Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 > [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 > [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 > [4] LC_NUMERIC=C > [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] splines stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > [8] base > > other attached packages: > [1] tables_0.7 Hmisc_3.12-2 Formula_1.1-1 survival_2.37-4 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] cluster_1.14.4 grid_2.15.3 lattice_0.20-24 rpart_4.1-3 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >