R flextable package behaves differently in local R and Cloud R

[tanthiamhuat]

I have no issue running below code in my local RStudio.

library(flextable)
img.file <- file.path( R.home("doc"), "html", "logo.jpg" )
library(officer)

myft <- flextable( head(iris))

myft <- compose( myft, i = 1:3, j = 1,
                 value = as_paragraph(
                   as_image(src = img.file, width = .20, height = .15),
                   " blah blah ",
                   as_chunk(Sepal.Length, props = fp_text(color = "red"))
                 ),
                 part = "body")

ft <- autofit(myft)
ft

But on the Cloud R (meaning on Azure, which I install RStudio), the above same code shows the error below:

Error in as_chunk(Sepal.Length, props = fp_text(color = "red")) : 
  object 'Sepal.Length' not found

Could anyone help to see what issue causes it?
Thanks.

[andresrcs]

You must have an object called Sepal.Length in your local environment, that you defined interactively, that is why it doesn't exist in your Azure instance.

[tanthiamhuat]

@andresrcs

Sepal.Length

pardon my question:
why is it the in local R, there is an object Sepal.Length, but not in Cloud Azure R?
how to check if Sepal.Length exists in the local environment?

[nirgrahamuk]

I just ran a version of the code in Rstudio cloud, and it ran fine
my only change was to omit the img file logo (which I dont have)

library(flextable)

library(officer)

myft <- flextable( head(iris))

myft <- compose( myft, i = 1:3, j = 1,
                 value = as_paragraph(
                   " blah blah ",
                   as_chunk(Sepal.Length, props = fp_text(color = "red"))
                 ),
                 part = "body")

ft <- autofit(myft)
ft

perhaps your session got into a bad state. I recommend you restart it (Control + Shift + F10)

[tanthiamhuat]

SPLENDID. It works now.
Control+Shift+F10 is the magic.
Thank you very much.