README.md
In lavaan.printer: Helper Functions for Printing 'lavaan' Outputs

(Version 0.1.0, updated on 2024-09-12, release history)

`lavaan.printer`: Customize The Printout of `lavaan` Parameter Estimates

This package includes helper functions for developers to customize the printout of the parameter estimates in the output of lavaan. These functions emphasize flexibility, not user-friendliness. They are not intended for end-users.

For more information on this package, please visit its GitHub page:

https://sfcheung.github.io/lavaan.printer/

Installation

The latest developmental version of this package can be installed by remotes::install_github:

remotes::install_github("sfcheung/lavaan.printer")

Background

I wrote these two functions because I want to customize how the parameter estimate tables of a lavaan object are printed in my packages. The style should be very similar to that used by the summary() method of lavaan, such that users would find the tables easy to read. However, it is not easy to customize the output of lavaan because it prints the formatted content directly to the screen. Therefore, I wrote parameterEstimates_table_list() to mimic what lavaan does, but create a list of tables (data frames) instead.

The quick-start guide illustrates how to use these functions.