https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/
When “render” your document, R Markdown feeds the .Rmd file to knitr, which executes each code chunks and integrates the output into the document as a new markdown (.md) document that includes the code and its output.
The markdown file generated by knitr is then processed by pandoc (which is part of RStudio Desktop) which is responsible for creating the finished format.
Think of Pandoc as the “Swiss Army Knife” for converting documents between different formats https://pandoc.org/.
To get started, use the built-in template:
*.html file.
tinytex https://yihui.org/tinytex/ R package will work.
Example RMarkdown Template
Example RMarkdown Template
At the top is YAML (yet another markup language).
Think of this as “metadata” for your document. Usually, at a minimum, the YAML will include the Title, Author and format of document to be rendered.
Example RMarkdown Template
The Rmarkdown document combines both R code and “marked-up” text. Here are two R code chunks highlighted.
Everything inside ```{r} down to ``` is R code.
Example RMarkdown Template
Everything else that is not YAML and is not a code chunk is simple text with “marked-up” syntax added to format the text as you would like.
Example RMarkdown Template
When we click “Knit”, Rmarkdown uses the information in the YAML settings to render the document in the requested format by combining the final formatted text plus the output from the executed code into one final document.
NO MORE CUT AND PASTE!!
The final rendered document as an HTML document (as viewed in a Browser).
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