Adds a footnote block

The footnotes function adds one or more footnotes to the report. If added to the report specification, the footnotes will be added to the page template, and thus appear on each page of the report. Footnotes may also be added directly to table, text, or plot content.

footnotes(
  x,
  ...,
  align = "left",
  blank_row = "above",
  borders = "none",
  valign = NULL,
  width = NULL,
  footer = FALSE,
  italics = FALSE,
  columns = 1
)

Arguments

x

The object to assign footnotes to.

...

A set of footnote strings.

align

The position to align the footnotes. Valid values are: 'left', 'right', 'center', or 'centre'.

blank_row

Whether to print a blank row above or below the footnote. Valid values are 'above', 'below', 'both', or 'none'. Default is 'above'.

borders

Whether to print a border above or below the footnote. Valid values are 'top', 'bottom', 'outside', 'inside', 'all', or 'none'. Default is 'none'. For fixed width reports, the border character will be taken from the value of the uchar parameter on the options_fixed function. The 'left', 'right', 'outside', and 'inside' border specifications only apply to RTF, HTML, PDF, and DOCX reports.

valign

The vertical position to align the footnotes. Valid values are: 'top' and 'bottom'. For footnotes attached to a report, default is 'bottom'. For footnotes attached to content, default is 'top'.

width

The width of the footnotes block. If the footnotes are attached to the report, valid values are 'page' or a numeric width, and the default is 'page'. If the footnotes are attached to the table, plot, or text content, the valid values are 'page', 'content' or a numeric value, and the default is 'content'. The value 'content' means the footnotes will be aligned to the width of the table, plot, or text content. The value 'page' means the footnotes will be aligned to the width of the page. In addition to these two convenience settings, you may also specify a specific width in the current unit of measure. The unit of measure is determined by the 'units' parameter on create_report.

footer

Whether to put the footnotes in the page footer. Valid values are TRUE and FALSE. Default is FALSE. This parameter only works with RTF and DOCX output types. It also only applies to footnotes assigned to the report object. Footnotes in the page footer will appear on every page, and be the same throughout the report.

italics

A TRUE or FALSE value indicating whether the footnote text shoud be in italics font. If TRUE, the entire footnote will be in italics.

columns

The number of columns for the foonote block. Valid values are 1, 2, and 3. Default is 1. If this parameter is set to 2, the footnote block will be split into two columns, each aligned to the outside. If this parameter is set to 3, the title block will be split into 3 columns, with the outer columns aligned to the outside and the middle column aligned center. Footnotes are assigned to cells from top left to bottom right.

Value

The modified report.

Details

The footnotes function accepts a set of strings of the desired footnote text. The footnotes may be aligned center, left or right using the align parameter. The user is responsible for adding desired footnote symbols. Footnote symbols will not be generated automatically.

If footnotes are assigned to the report, alignment will be oriented to the page body. If footnotes are assigned to a table or text, alignment will be oriented to the edge of the content.

One footnote function accepts up to 25 footnotes. However, multiple footnote blocks may be added to the same object.

Blank rows above or below the footnote block may be controlled using the blank_row parameter.

Each footnote string must fit within the available space. The reporter package will not wrap footnotes on fixed-width reports. If a footnote does not fit within the available space, a warning will be generated and the footnote will be truncated. In these situations, either shorten the footnote or split it into multiple footnotes that each fit within the available space.

See also

Other report: add_content(), create_report(), options_fixed(), page_by(), page_footer(), page_header(), print.report_spec(), set_margins(), title_header(), titles(), write_report()

Examples

library(reporter)
library(magrittr)

# Create a temporary file
tmp <- file.path(tempdir(), "expenses.txt")

# Prepare data
dat <- data.frame(category = rownames(USPersonalExpenditure),
                  USPersonalExpenditure, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

# Define table
tbl <- create_table(dat) %>% 
  titles("Table 1.0", "US Personal Expenditures from 1940 - 1960") %>% 
  column_defaults(from = X1940, to = X1960, width = .6, format = "$%.2f") %>%
  define(category, label = "Category") %>% 
  define(X1940, label = "1940") %>% 
  define(X1945, label = "1945") %>% 
  define(X1950, label = "1950") %>% 
  define(X1955, label = "1955") %>% 
  define(X1960, label = "1960") %>% 
  footnotes("* In billions of dollars")

# Define report
rpt <- create_report(tmp, orientation="portrait") %>%
  add_content(tbl) 

# Write the report
write_report(rpt)

# Display in console
writeLines(readLines(tmp, encoding = "UTF-8"))

#                               Table 1.0
#               US Personal Expenditures from 1940 - 1960
# 
#     Category                1940    1945    1950    1955    1960
#     ------------------------------------------------------------
#     Food and Tobacco      $22.20  $44.50  $59.60  $73.20  $86.80
#     Household Operation   $10.50  $15.50  $29.00  $36.50  $46.20
#     Medical and Health     $3.53   $5.76   $9.71  $14.00  $21.10
#     Personal Care          $1.04   $1.98   $2.45   $3.40   $5.40
#     Private Education      $0.34   $0.97   $1.80   $2.60   $3.64
# 
#     * In billions of dollars