clin_group_pad: Add Padding Between Groups in a Clinical Flextable

In clinify: Clinical Table Styling Tools and Utilities

Add Padding Between Groups in a Clinical Flextable

Description

Adds top padding to rows in a 'clintable“ based on changes in a grouping variable or non-empty values. Useful for visually separating groups in a table

Usage

clin_group_pad(
  x,
  pad_by,
  size = 9,
  when = c("change", "notempty"),
  drop = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	A clintable
pad_by	A string indicating the column name used to detect group changes.
size	Numeric value for the base padding size (default is 9).
when	Character string indicating when to apply padding: "notempty": Add padding when the value in pad_by is not empty. "change": Add padding when the value in pad_by changes from the previous row.
drop	Keep or drop the padding variable used to identify padding locations

Value

A clintable object with modified padding.

Examples

ct <- clintable(mtcars) |>
  clin_group_pad('gear')

ct <- clintable(mtcars) |>
  clin_group_pad('gear', size = 15)

clinify documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:45 p.m.