• Combines content and code
• Outputs to multiple formats (e.g., HTML, PDF)

Before starting, make sure you have:

• Installed R and RStudio (RStudio is optional but recommended)

• Installed the rmarkdown package using install.packages("rmarkdown")

• A LaTeX distribution installed, like TinyTeX, for PDF output

• To generate PDF documents from R Markdown, you need a LaTeX distribution.

• TinyTeX is a minimal LaTeX distribution specifically designed for R Markdown.

• Lightweight: Occupies less space and installs only necessary packages.

• Easy to Install: Simplified installation process.

• Automatic Package Installation: Automatically installs missing LaTeX packages when compiling R Markdown documents.

1. Install the tinytex R Package: Run the following command in your R console:

install.packages("tinytex")

1. Install TinyTeX: After installing the tinytex package, install TinyTeX using:

tinytex::install_tinytex()

• This command downloads and installs the TinyTeX distribution.

• TinyTeX integrates seamlessly with R Markdown and automatically installs missing LaTeX packages.

• Option 1: File -> New File -> R Markdown

• Option 2: Simply create a new .Rmd file using your favourite plain text editor

---
title: "Minimal R Markdown Demo"
author: "Your Name"
date: "2024-03-05"
output: html_document
---

- This is a minimal demo of an R Markdown document.

# Heading 1

- The hashtags (`#`) denote section headings.

## Heading 2 

- The number of hashtags denotes the level of the
  heading.

### Heading 3

- Below is an R code chunk that generates a figure.


```r
library(data.table)
library(ggplot2)

# Create a plot
ggplot(pressure, aes(x = temperature, y = pressure)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Pressure vs. Temperature",
       x = "Temperature (C)",
       y = "Pressure (mmHg)")
```

• The YAML header specifies the document’s metadata (title, author, date) and output format (html_document).

• This is a YAML header.

---
title: "Minimal R Markdown Demo"
author: "Your Name"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
output: html_document
---

• R code chunks are denoted by three backticks and the letter r in curly braces.

```{r echo=T, eval=F}
library(data.table)
library(ggplot2)

# Create a plot
ggplot(pressure, aes(x = temperature, y = pressure)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Pressure vs. Temperature",
       x = "Temperature (C)",
       y = "Pressure (mmHg)")
```

• The echo argument controls whether the code is displayed in the output.

• The eval argument controls whether the code is executed.

• There are many other options but these should be all you need.

• Option 1: To compile the document, click the “Knit” button in RStudio.

• Option 2: Alternatively, use the render function from the rmarkdown package.

rmarkdown::render("your_file_name.Rmd")