The YAML header of the .Rmd file tells knitr what type of document to create. The header allows knitting options to be set. Explore specific examples of which are covered in this course.
- There are many different components … to an RMarkdown document. … Let's take a detailed look at the YAML header, … which I've marked here as lines one through four. … The YAML header is at the very top of the document. … It needs to be the very first thing … in the .rmd file. … The header is delimited by three dashes … at both the beginning, and end. … Everything between these dashes is written in YAML. … So what's YAML? … YAML is an extremely popular language choice … for configuration files. … And that's kind of how we use it in our markdown. … YAML is very simple. … It's a set of key value pairs … with colons separating the option name, … and option value for your RMarkdown document. … It's not really necessary to learn YAML. … It's a thing that we use to set knitting options … in RMarkdown documents. … However, it's extremely useful to know … the header is written in YAML, … as it makes it much easier to google … exactly how do I modify X in my document. … Okay, now let's cover more explicitly …
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Released
3/14/2019- What is R Markdown?
- Writing PDF and HTML reports
- Writing HTML presentations
- Setting up LaTeX and BibTeX
- Including R code in R Markdown documents
- Formatting text
- Including code from script files
- Creating slides
- Using ggplot2 charts
- Inserting images and tables
- Creating captions with bookdown
- Customizing styles
- Overriding markdown
- Using htmlwidgets
- Publishing R Markdown HTML
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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What you should know1m 41s
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1. What Can You Build with R Markdown?
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What is Markdown?1m 56s
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What is R Markdown?2m 24s
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2. Setting Up LaTeX for R Markdown PDF Outputs
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What are LaTeX and BibTeX?1m 39s
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3. Understanding the Basics of R Markdown Documents
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Installing R Markdown1m 41s
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4. Preventing Gotchas
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5. Creating Slides in R Markdown
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6. Using ggplot2 Charts in R Markdown
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Globally set figure size4m 13s
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7. Inserting Images into R Markdown Output
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8. Inserting Tables into R Markdown Output
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Markdown tables in .Rmd2m 39s
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Interactive tables with DT2m 36s
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9. Captions with bookdown
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Captions with bookdown4m 14s
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10. Customizing Styles in R Markdown
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11. Overriding Markdown in .Rmd
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Run LaTeX in PDF documents2m 21s
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Run HTML in R Markdown2m 9s
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12. htmlwidgets and R Markdown
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htmlwidgets and R Markdown3m 10s
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13. Publishing R Markdown HTML Content to RPubs.com
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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