Previously we looked at how you can combine R and Markdown to create reports directly from your R scripts, and also how to send email from R using Microsoft Outlook. In this post, we’ll take these concepts a step further and look at how we can use R to embed images in email messages or even use Markdown to create entire messages.
Quickly create polished, professional reports with Markdown and R
One underappreciated feature in R is the ability to easily create beautiful reports using Markdown. Markdown files contain a combination of code and text, allowing you to write your analysis alongside your code and publish both the analysis document and code in a wide variety of formats with little effort.