Multitables, or "banners" or "crossbreaks", define a set of variables or or query expressions to crosstab with as a unit. They are used in the Crunch web app to display tables side by side, as well as to define one dimension of a tab book.
newMultitable(formula, data, name, ...)an object of class 'formula' object with the
cross-classifying variables separated by '+' on the right-hand side.
Following how stats::formula() works in R, it should start
with "~". Variables on left-hand side of the formula have no meaning in this
function.
an object of class CrunchDataset in which to create the
multitable, and to which the variables referenced in formula belong.
character name to give the new multitable object. If omitted,
a default name will be derived from formula.
Additional multitable attributes to set. Options include
is_public.
An object of class Multitable
if (FALSE) {
m <- newMultitable(~ gender + age4 + marstat, data = ds)
name(m) # [1] "gender + age4 + marstat"
}