mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity class

Package: mlreportgen.dom
Superclasses:

Create character entity reference

Description

Create a reference to a character entity reference.

Construction

charEntityObj = CharEntity() creates a reference to a nonbreaking space ( ) entity. Appending this reference to a document inserts a nonbreaking space.

charEntityObj = CharEntity(name) creates a reference to the character entity specified by name.

charEntityObj = CharEntity(name,n) creates n references to the character entity specified by name, that is, a character vector of n special characters.

Input Arguments

name — Character entity name

character vector

Entity name must be listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references.

n — Number of character entities to use

integer

Number of character entities to use, specified as an integer.

Data Types: uint16

Output Arguments

charEntityObj — Reference to a character entity

mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity object

Reference to a character entity, represented by an mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity object.

Properties

BackgroundColor — Background color

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Background color, specified as a character vector or string scalar that consists of a CSS color name (see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords) or a hexadecimal RGB (truecolor) value in the form #RRGGBB.

Setting the BackgroundColor property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor format object to the Style property. Setting the BackgroundColor property to an empty value removes the object.

Example: 'blue'

Example: '#0000ff'

Bold — Option to use bold for number

logical value

To make text bold, set this property to true or 1. If this property is empty and the StyleName property for this document element specifies a style sheet style, the weight of the number is determined by that style. Setting the Bold property adds a corresponding mlreportGen.dom.Bold format object to the Style property of this document element. Removing the Bold property setting removes the object.

Data Types: logical

Color — Text color

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Text color, specified as a character vector or string scalar that consists of a CSS color name (see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords) or a hexadecimal RGB (truecolor) value in the form #RRGGBB.

Setting the Color property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.Color format object to the Style property. Setting the Color property to an empty value removes the object.

Example: 'blue'

Example: '#0000ff'

Content — Text contained by this document element

character vector

Text contained by this document element, specified as a character vector.

CustomAttributes — Custom attributes of document element

array of mlreportgen.dom.CustomAttribute objects

Custom attributes of this document element, specified as an array of mlreportgen.dom.CustomAttribute objects. The custom attributes must be supported by the output format.

FontFamilyName — Name of font family for text

[] | character vector | string scalar

Name of a font family to use for text, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Setting the FontFamilyName property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.FontFamily format object to the Style property. Setting the FontFamilyName property is the same as setting the FontName property of an mlreportgen.dom.FontFamily object. Setting the FontFamilyName property to an empty value removes the object.

To specify substitutions for the font, do not specify the font family by setting this property. Instead create and add an mlreportgen.dom.FontFamily object to the Style property.

Example: 'Courier New'

FontSize — Font size

character vector

If you need to specify substitutions for this font, do not set this property. Instead create and add an mlreportgen.dom.FontFamily object to the Style property of this document element.

Setting the FontSize property adds a corresponding mlreportGen.dom.FontSize format object to the Style property for this document element. Removing the FontSize property setting removes the object.

Font size, specified as a character vector in the form valueUnits. Units is an abbreviation for the units. Use one of these abbreviations for the units for the font size.

• px — pixels (default)

• cm — centimeters

• in — inches

• mm — millimeters

• pc — picas

• pt — points

Id — ID for this document element

character vector | string scalar

ID for this document element, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM generates a session-unique ID when it creates the document element. You can specify your own ID.

Italic — Option to use italics for number

logical value

To use italics for a number, set this property to true. If this property is empty and the StyleName property for this document element specifies a style sheet style, the slant of the number is determined by that style. Setting the Italic property adds a corresponding mlreportGen.dom.Italic format object to the Style property of this document element. Removing the Italic property setting removes the object.

Data Types: logical

Name — Name of character entity

character vector

The name is a character entity listed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references.

Data Types: logical

Repeat — Number of times to repeat character entity

numeric value

Number of times to repeat character entity, specified as a numeric value.

Data Types: double

Strike — Text strikethrough

[] (default) | 'none' | 'single' | 'double'

Text strikethrough, specified as one of these values:

• 'none' — No strikethrough

• 'single' — Single line

• 'double' — Double line (for Word reports only)

Setting the Strike property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.Strike format object to the Style property for this document element. Setting the Strike property to an empty value removes the object.

Style — Number formatting

array of format objects

An array of format objects that specifies the format for the number.

StyleName — Style for number

character vector

The style specified by styleName must be defined in the template used to create the document element to which this number is appended.

Tag — Tag for this document element

character vector | string scalar

Tag for this document element, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

The DOM generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Specifying your own tag value can help you to identify where an issue occurred during document generation.

Underline — Type of underline

[] (default) | 'single' | 'none' | ...

Type of underline, specified as one of the values in this table.

Underline value	Description	Supported Output Types
'single'	Single line	All
'words'	Underline all characters except spaces	Word
'double'	Double line	Word
'thick'	Thick line	Word
'dotted'	Dotted line	Word
'dottedHeavy'	Thick dotted line	Word
'dash'	Dashed line	Word
'dashedHeavy'	Line with heavy dashes	Word
'dashLong'	Line with long dashes	Word
'dashLongHeavy'	Line with heavy long dashes	Word
'dotDash'	Dot-dash line	Word
'dashDotHeavy'	Heavy dash-dot line	Word
'dotDotDash'	Dot-dot-dash line	Word
'dashDotDotHeavy'	Line with heavy dashes with two dots between the dashes	Word
'wave'	Wavy line	Word
'wavyHeavy'	Heavy wavy	Word
'wavyDouble'	Double wavy line	Word
'none'	No underline	All

Setting the Underline property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.Underline format object to the Style property. Setting the Underline property to an empty value removes the object.

To specify both the color and the type of the underline, do not set the Underline property. Instead, set the Style property to include an mlreportgen.dom.Underline format object that specifies the underline type and color.

WhiteSpace — How to treat white space in text

[] (default) | 'normal' | 'nowrap' | ...

How to treat white space in text, specified as one of the values in this table.

Value	Description	Supported Output Types
'normal'	For HTML and PDF, this value removes spaces at the beginning and the end of text. Multiple spaces in the text collapse to a single space. For Word, this value removes spaces at the beginning and end of text.	All
'nowrap'	Sequences of white space collapse into a single white space. Text never wraps to the next line.	HTML
'pre'	Preserves white space. Text wraps only on line breaks. Acts like the <pre> tag in HTML.	HTML and PDF
'pre-line'	Sequences of white space collapse into a single white space. Text wraps when necessary and on line breaks.	HTML and PDF
'pre-wrap'	Preserves white space. Text wraps when necessary and on line breaks.	HTML and PDF
'preserve'	Same as 'pre'.	All

Setting the WhiteSpace property adds a corresponding mlreportgen.dom.WhiteSpace format object to the Style property. Setting the WhiteSpace property to an empty value removes the object.

Methods

Method	Purpose
append Use CharEntity.append in a similar way to how you use ExternalLink.append.	Append a custom element to this character entity.
clone Use CharEntity.clone in a similar way to how you use Paragraph.clone.	Clone this character entity.

Examples

Append a British Pound Sign

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doctype = 'html';
d = Document('test',doctype);

p = Paragraph(CharEntity('pound'));
append(d,p);
append(p,'3');

close(d);
rptview('test',doctype);

Append Two Nonbreaking Spaces

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doctype = 'html';
d = Document('test',doctype);

p = Paragraph('Some text');
append(d,p);
ce = CharEntity('nbsp',5);
append(p,ce);
append(p,'more text after five blank spaces');

close(d);
rptview('test',doctype);