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r2symbols version 1.2, Simplify the inclusion of Symbols in your Rmarkdown or Quarto documents or Shiny applications

Obinna Obianom

2023-03-11

Source: vignettes/newversion_r_symbols.Rmd
newversion_r_symbols.Rmd

Summary

The new version of the r2symbols package simplifies the way to transform text into symbols within your documents. Simply include the library call and the function calls above, and the r2symbol takes care of transforming text throughout your document to appropriate symbols as shown below

library(r2symbols)
trans.r2symbols(font.color="green", font.weight = "bold",font.size = 30)

With the r2symbols package, the idea is very simple. There are already a lot of HTML codes available for many of these symbols, so this package simply incorporates the appropriate symbol into the document and in the final ouput, mathjax script is not needed for it to show up properly. Additionally, the code you will be writing is all R code and no LaTex is needed.

New Features Since in v1.1

  • Inclusion of more short symbols names

  • Simplification of symbol calls in Rmarkdown and Quarto documents using the trans.r2symbols() function

How to use in Rmarkdown and Quarto documents

1. Include library

2. Add function call 

trans.r2symbols(font.color="gray", font.weight = "light",font.size = 12)

3. Begin writing your documents

To use, wrap the symbol code or alias (found at r2symbols.obi.obianom.com) in ‘((’ or ‘`’ like

((SYMBOL NAME OR ID))

or

'SYMBOL NAME OR ID'

within the text in the document and watch r2symbols do the magic!

Examples: some sample outputs and codes

0. Using this settings 

library(r2symbols)
trans.r2symbols(font.color="blue", font.weight = "light",font.size = 32)

1. Signs and Illustrative symbols (OUPUT)

Dignissim box suspendisse in est heart or love or 116 ante. Velit sed ullamcorper morbi tincidunt ornare massa 323 eget egestas purus. Id velit ut tortor moon pretium viverra 317 suspendisse. Non pulvinardia2 neque laoreet ((324)) suspendisse. Faucibus umbrella turpis in eu mi bibendum neque. Nisl club2nisi scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor eu star augue ut. Nulla pellentesque cloud dignissim enim sit asterism. Mattis pellentesque id starm nibh :)tortor c# d# id music1 alique star-o t. Risus:( in hendrerit .l gravida rutrum. Consequatchessk or c.k nisl vel pretiumchessn lectus c.rquam id leo in vitae. Donecc.p adipiscing tristique risus nec feugiat in fermentum posuere. Ornare arcu dui vivamus arcu.

1. Signs and Illustrative symbols (CODE) 

Dignissim `box` suspendisse in est `heart` or `love` or `116` ante. Velit sed ullamcorper morbi tincidunt ornare massa `323` eget egestas purus. Id velit ut tortor `moon` pretium viverra `317` suspendisse. Non pulvinar`dia2` neque laoreet (( 324 )) suspendisse. Faucibus `umbrella` turpis in eu mi bibendum neque. Nisl `club2`nisi scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor eu `star` augue ut. Nulla pellentesque `cloud` dignissim enim sit `asterism`. Mattis pellentesque id `starm` nibh `:)`tortor c`#` d`#` id `music1` alique `star-o` t. Risus`:(` in hendrerit `.l` gravida rutrum. Consequat`chessk` or `c.k` nisl vel pretium`chessn` lectus `c.r`quam id leo in vitae. Donec`c.p` adipiscing tristique risus nec feugiat in fermentum posuere. Ornare arcu dui vivamus arcu.

2. Currencies, and frequently used in symbols (OUTPUT)

Vitaesection or 44 sapien pellentcedi esque habitant morbi. Sed blandit libero volut34 or registered or 34 pat sed. Tincidunt eget nullam non nisi. Tortor consequat id porta nibh venenatis. copyright or c venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu scelerisque felis imperdiet. Aenean euismodyen elementum nisi quis eleifend quam. Libero won enim sed faucibus turpis in eu mi.Gravida euroquis blandit turpis trademark cursus in hac habita tm sse platea. Tinciduntnaira nunc pulvinaryen sapien et ligula ullamcpoundorper malesuada. Convallis 309 convallis tellus no id interdum velit laoreetrupee id donec ultrices. Nisiyen scelerisque eu ultricepesos vitae auctor eu. Nec feugiat in fermentum posuere urna nec tincidunt praesent. Velit euismod in pellentesque massa placerat duis ultricies lacus.

2. Currencies, and frequently used in symbols (CODE) 

Vitae`section` or `44` sapien pellent`cedi` esque habitant morbi. Sed blandit libero volut`34` or `registered` or `34` pat sed. Tincidunt eget nullam non nisi. Tortor consequat id porta nibh venenatis.  `copyright` or `c` venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu scelerisque felis imperdiet. Aenean euismod`yen` elementum nisi quis eleifend quam. Libero `won` enim sed faucibus turpis in eu mi.Gravida `euro`quis blandit turpis `trademark` cursus in hac habita `tm` sse platea. Tincidunt`naira` nunc pulvinar`yen` sapien et ligula ullamc`pound`orper malesuada. Convallis `309` convallis tellus `no` id interdum velit laoreet`rupee` id donec ultrices. Nisi`yen` scelerisque eu ultrice`peso`s vitae auctor eu. Nec feugiat in fermentum posuere urna nec tincidunt praesent. Velit euismod in pellentesque massa placerat duis ultricies lacus.

3. Mathematical characters within text (OUTPUT) …

Lorem b ipsum((0/00)) dolor sit amet, conse ((integral)) or integral or 261 ctetur -+ adipiscing +- elit, sed do 5 0/00 eiusmod tempor ug/mL incididunt ut labore 107 et dolore .+ magna 1.5 aliqua. Nisl alpha condimentum a id venenatis betaa . Accumsan om tortor ^o posuere omega ac ut ((103)) consequat. Dignissim ((mu)) convallis ((chi)) aenean et ((quarter))tortor at risus e viverra sqrt adipiscing. Ullamcorper d malesuada kproin liberoK nunc. Biben tf dum 1.5 est ultricies 1.25 integer quis 0.75 auctor elit. Ut Infinity inf or ((inf)) or ((161)) porttitor leo a diam ftrtsollicitudin. Arcu mangle non odio e euismod E laciniapi at.

3. Mathematical characters within text (CODE) … 

Lorem `b` ipsum(( 0/00 )) dolor sit amet, conse (( integral )) or `integral` or `261` ctetur `-+` adipiscing `+-` elit, sed do 5 `0/00` eiusmod tempor `u`g/mL incididunt ut labore `107` et dolore `.+` magna `1.5` aliqua. Nisl `alpha` condimentum `a` id venenatis `beta`a . Accumsan `om` tortor `^o` posuere `omega` ac ut ((103)) consequat. Dignissim (( mu )) convallis (( chi )) aenean et (( quarter ))tortor at risus `e` viverra `sqrt` adipiscing. Ullamcorper `d` malesuada `k`proin libero`K` nunc. Biben `tf` dum `1.5` est ultricies `1.25` integer quis `0.75` auctor elit. Ut Infinity `inf` or (( inf )) or (( 161 )) porttitor leo a diam `ftrt`sollicitudin. Arcu `mangle` non odio `e` euismod `E` lacinia`pi` at.

4. Arrows (OUPUT)

Consectetur purus ut arrow-left faucibus pulvinar elementum integer lraenim neque. Quam id leo in davitae turpis massa rased elementum tempus. A erat nam at lectus urna duis convallis convallis tellus. Porttitor eget dolor morbi non arcu risus quisupa varius.Amet luctus venenatis lectus magna. Blandit volutpat maecenasua volutpat blandit aliquam etiam erat velit. arrow-right Eget sit amet tellus lacras adipiscing.

4. Arrows (CODE) 

Consectetur purus ut `arrow-left` faucibus pulvinar elementum integer `lra`enim neque. Quam id leo in `da`vitae turpis massa `ra`sed elementum tempus. A erat nam at lectus urna duis convallis convallis tellus. Porttitor eget dolor morbi non arcu risus quis`upa` varius.Amet luctus venenatis lectus magna. Blandit volutpat maecenas`ua` volutpat blandit aliquam etiam erat velit. `arrow-right` Eget sit amet tellus `la`cras adipiscing.

Version 0.1 features are still available

You can still do something like symbol.units("ug/mL") -> μg/mL for ug/mL

You may also use symbol(90) or shortform sym(90)

You can still declare the settings for the symbols like ♥√½

code -

symbol.units("ug/mL")
symbol(90)
sym(90)
sym("heart","sqrt","half",font.size=50,font.weight ="bold",font.color = "red")