The extract_cells() function

Let’s create a gt table with the exibble dataset to use in the next few examples:

gt_tbl <- gt(exibble, rowname_col = "row", groupname_col = "group")

We can extract a cell from the table with the extract_cells() function. This is done by providing a column and a row intersection:

extract_cells(gt_tbl, columns = num, row = 1)

[1] "1.111e-01"

#> [1] "1.111e-01"

Multiple cells can be extracted. Let’s get the first four cells from the char column.

extract_cells(gt_tbl, columns = char, rows = 1:4)

[1] "apricot" "banana"  "coconut" "durian" 

#> [1] "apricot" "banana" "coconut" "durian"

We can format cells and expect that the formatting is fully retained after extraction.

gt_tbl |>
  fmt_number(columns = num, decimals = 2) |>
  extract_cells(columns = num, rows = 1)

[1] "0.11"

#> [1] "0.11"