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save_as_html() saves one or more flextable objects to a self-contained HTML file. This is useful for sharing or previewing tables outside of R Markdown. R Markdown is recommended for production documents.

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Function signature

save_as_html(..., values = NULL, path, lang = "en", title = " ")

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Parameters

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...
flextable
required
One or more flextable objects, optionally named. Named objects use the name as a title above the table.
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values
list
A list of flextable objects (optionally named). If supplied, ... is ignored.
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path
string
required
Path to the .html file to create.
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lang
string
default:"en"
Language of the HTML document, specified as an IETF language tag (e.g., "en", "fr", "de").
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title
string
default:" "
HTML page title shown in the browser tab.

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Return value

A string containing the full path of the generated file.

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Examples

Save a single table: 
ft <- flextable(head(iris))
tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".html")
if (rmarkdown::pandoc_available()) {
  save_as_html(ft, path = tf)
}
Save multiple named tables with a custom page title: 
ft1 <- flextable(head(iris))
ft2 <- flextable(head(mtcars))
tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".html")
if (rmarkdown::pandoc_available()) {
  save_as_html(
    `iris table`   = ft1,
    `mtcars table` = ft2,
    path  = tf,
    title = "My tables"
  )
}

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