I've been looking for some time to resize a table at markdown so it doesn't break. I thought about reducing the source or forcing it not to break, but how would I do that? I only found solutions using kable or kableextra, however I would like the default style. I left the data in the url.
We could change the width in options. Check the current width and make those changes
> head(cbind(iris, iris, iris))
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.1 3.5 1.4
2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa 4.9 3.0 1.4
3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 4.7 3.2 1.3
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 4.6 3.1 1.5
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.0 3.6 1.4
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa 5.4 3.9 1.7
Petal.Width Species
1 0.2 setosa
2 0.2 setosa
3 0.2 setosa
4 0.2 setosa
5 0.2 setosa
6 0.4 setosa
> op <- options()
> options()$width # check the current width
[1] 167
> options(width = 300) # change the width and now do the print again
> head(cbind(iris, iris, iris))
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa
6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
Once we are done, reset the options again
> options(op)
> options()$width
[1] 167