Table

This document describes the properties and methods of a jamovi table object.

The values of properties can be accessed using the $ operator, followed by the name. For example, to retrieve the title of a table, one can go:

table$title

The methods of a table object are called using the $ operator as well. For example:

table$setRow(rowKey=1, values=list(t=2.3, df=2, p=0.45))

Properties

name

a string specifying the name of the table

title

a string specifying the title of the table

visible

TRUE or FALSE, whether the table is visible or not

status

a string, one of 'complete', 'error', 'inited', 'running'

rowKeys

a list of ‘keys’

state

the state

Methods

setStatus(status)

sets the table’s status, should be one of 'complete', 'error', 'inited', 'running'

setVisible(visible=TRUE)

overrides the tables default visibility

setTitle(title)

sets the table’s title

setError(message)

sets the table’s status to ‘error’, and assigns the error message

setState(object)

sets the state object on the table

addColumn(name, …)

adds a new column to the table, the following arguments are possible:

argument	type	details
name	string	the name of the column
index	integer	the index to insert the column at. if unspecified, the column is appended.
title	string	the title to appear at the top of the column. if unspecified, the name is used.
superTitle	string	the title to appear above column titles
visible	TRUE/FALSE or a string	whether the column should be visible. if a string is specified, this must be a data-binding to an option.
content	string	either a string that will be placed in every cell, or a data-binding
type	string	‘integer’, ‘number’ or ‘text’; text is left aligned, numbers are right aligned, integers are formatted to zero decimal places
format	string	a comma separated list of values, such as ‘zto’, ‘pvalue’
combineBelow	TRUE/FALSE	if TRUE, when cells in the column are contiguous, and contain the same value, the lower cells will be made blank.

addRow(rowKey, values)

Adds a row to the table. rowKey is an object which uniquely identifies the row – for many cases, simply providing the index is sufficient. values is a named list with the values to place in the cells of that row. The names must correspond to the column names. Not all column values must be provided, and if a blank row is desired, the values argument can be omitted entirely.

deleteRows()

Deletes all the rows in the table

setRow(rowKey, values)

Sets the values in an existing row. rowKey is a key uniquely identifying the row, and values is a named list of values. The names must correspond to the column names. Not all column values need to be provided.

Note that you must explicitly name the rowKey argument: setRow(rowKey=...) to differentiate from setRow(rowNo=...).

setRow(rowNo, values)

Sets the values in an existing row. rowNo is a number specifying the row number, and values is a named list of values. The names must correspond to the column names. Not all column values need to be provided.

Note that you must explicitly name the rowNo argument when calling this method: setRow(rowNo=...) to differentiate from setRow(rowKey=...).

addFormat(rowKey, col, format)

addFormat(rowNo, col, format)

Adds additional formatting to a cell. col can be an index or a name. format can be one of:

• Cell.BEGIN_GROUP
• Cell.END_GROUP
• Cell.BEGIN_END_GROUP
• Cell.NEGATIVE

Cell.BEGIN_GROUP adds additional padding above the cell. Cell.END_GROUP adds additional padding below the cell. Cell.NEGATIVE colours the value red.

setCell(rowKey, col, value)

setCell(rowNo, col, value)

Sets the value of a cell. Generally setRow() is more efficient.

getCell(rowKey, col)

getCell(rowNo, col)

Retrieves a cell.

addFootnote(rowKey, col, note)

addFootnote(rowNo, col, note)

Adds a footnote to the cell.

addSymbol(rowKey, col, symbol)

addSymbol(rowNo, col, symbol)

Adds a symbol to a cell – for example an asterisk denoting significance.

setNote(key, note, init=TRUE)

setNote() adds (or clears) a note placed in the footer of the table.

• key: a string identifying the note
• note: a string representing the text of the note (or NULL)
• init: whether this be considered an init note

Specifying a note of NULL causes the note to be removed.

init notes are those that are added during the init phase. init notes are typically based on the values of the options. For example, if the user has specified an alternative hypothesis — that population one is greater than population two — the analysis could add a note indicating this. In contrast, non-init notes are created in the run phase. An example might be the number of subjects that were excluded from the analysis as a result of containing missing values. init notes are typically based on the values of options, where as non-init notes depend on the data.

In practice, when an analysis is changed or re-run, init notes are not restored from state; they are simply recreated during the init phase. In contrast, non-init notes are restored from state.

Note that if the text of the note will always be the same, it is recommended to set the note in the .r.yaml file instead.