How to print (to paper) a nicely-formatted data frame

Question

I\'d like to print nicely-formatted data frames to paper, ideally from within a script. (I am trying to collect data using an instrument and automatically process and print

Answer 1

Surprised nobody has mentioned the stargazer package for nice printing of data.

You can output a nice-looking text file:

stargazer(mtcars, type = 'text', out = 'out.txt')

============================================
Statistic N   Mean   St. Dev.  Min     Max  
--------------------------------------------
mpg       32 20.091   6.027   10.400 33.900 
cyl       32  6.188   1.786     4       8   
disp      32 230.722 123.939  71.100 472.000
hp        32 146.688  68.563    52     335  
drat      32  3.597   0.535   2.760   4.930 
wt        32  3.217   0.978   1.513   5.424 
qsec      32 17.849   1.787   14.500 22.900 
vs        32  0.438   0.504     0       1   
am        32  0.406   0.499     0       1   
gear      32  3.688   0.738     3       5   
carb      32  2.812   1.615     1       8   
--------------------------------------------

Or even HTML:

stargazer(mtcars, type = 'html', out = 'out.html')

Statistic
N
Mean
St. Dev.
Min
Max
mpg
32
20.091
6.027
10.400
33.900
cyl
32
6.188
1.786
4
8
disp
32
230.722
123.939
71.100
472.000
hp
32
146.688
68.563
52
335
drat
32
3.597
0.535
2.760
4.930
wt
32
3.217
0.978
1.513
5.424
qsec
32
17.849
1.787
14.500
22.900
vs
32
0.438
0.504
0
1
am
32
0.406
0.499
0
1
gear
32
3.688
0.738
3
5
carb
32
2.812
1.615
1
8