Hey, have you ever tried to create a table in R that updates dynamically based on the current date? I came across a Reddit post where someone was trying to do just that. They wanted to create a table with three columns: movie titles, release dates, and a status column that categorizes each movie as ‘past’, ‘in cinema’, ‘now in cinema’, ‘soon in cinema’, ‘this year in cinema’, or ‘next year in cinema’. The twist was that they wanted the rows to be automatically colored based on the status, and the table to update dynamically depending on today’s date.
I was intrigued by this idea, so I decided to dive deeper. The poster had tried several approaches but hadn’t been able to get it working correctly yet. They were wondering if it’s even possible to implement this in R.
After looking at their code, I realized that they were on the right track. They were using the `kableExtra` package to create the table and were trying to use LaTeX to color the rows. However, they were struggling to get the dynamic date-based update working.
I think this is a great example of how R can be used to create interactive and dynamic tables. With a few tweaks to the code, I’m sure it’s possible to get this working. Has anyone else tried something similar? I’d love to hear about your experiences.
If you’re interested in learning more about how to create dynamic tables in R, I’d be happy to provide more guidance. Just let me know!