Print pretty data.frames/tables to console

Question

Is there a way to print small data.frames to the console in a more readable manner?

For example, would it be possible to output to the console:

Answer 1

I had the same problem recently and came across the huxtable package. It is very flexible and maybe a litte overkill for just nicer console output, but it served me very well.

Here is how you could solve your problem using huxtable:

library(huxtable)
library(magrittr)

small_iris <- iris[1:5, ]

iris_hux <- 
  hux(small_iris) %>% 
  add_colnames() %>% 
  set_bold(row = 1, col = everywhere, value = TRUE) %>% 
  set_all_borders(TRUE)

I think all functions speak for themselves. For a thorough introduction, see https://hughjonesd.github.io/huxtable/huxtable.html#adding-row-and-column-names.

print_screen(iris_hux) yield this output (in the console!):

I have not figured out yet how to suppress the bottom information on the column names. So if someone knows, please comment!

EDIT: In order to suppress the column names at the bottom, use colnames = FALSE inside print_screen().