htmltab: Hassle-free HTML tables in R
HTML tables are a valuable data source but extracting and recasting
these data into a useful format can be tedious. htmltab is a package for
extracting structured information from HTML tables. It is similar to
readHTMLTable() of the XML package but provides two major advantages. First,
the function automatically expands row and column spans in the header and
body cells. Second, users are given more control over the identification of
header and body rows which will end up in the R table. Additionally, the
function preprocesses table code, removes unneeded parts and so helps to
alleviate the need for tedious post-processing.
Installation
The package is available from CRAN and Github. For the stable release version, download from CRAN:
install.packages("htmltab")
For the developer version, download from my GitHub repo. You can install the package directly from inside R:
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("crubba/htmltab")
Usage
To see htmltab in action, take a look at the case studies in the package vignette, this blog post or consult the package manual.
Travis status
Report issues
If you experience problems with htmltab, I would like to hear about it to improve the project. Please use my github repo to report the issue.