For LaTeX output, kable now typesets numbers in math mode for better-…

…looking minus signs. Commas, if present (as decimal or thousands separator), are wrapped in braces to prevent additional space being added after. Improves #1709.

R/table.R

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ kable = function(
     x = cbind(' ' = rownames(x), x)
     if (!is.null(col.names)) col.names = c(' ', col.names)
     if (!is.null(align)) align = c('l', align)  # left align row names
+    isn = c(FALSE, isn)
   }
   n = nrow(x)
   x = replace_na(to_character(x), is.na(x))
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ kable = function(
   attr(x, 'align') = align
   res = do.call(
     paste('kable', format, sep = '_'),
-    list(x = x, caption = caption, escape = escape, ...)
+    list(x = x, caption = caption, escape = escape, isn = isn,...)
   )
   structure(res, format = format, class = 'knitr_kable')
 }
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ kable_latex = function(
   midrule = getOption('knitr.table.midrule', if (booktabs) '\\midrule{}' else '\\hline'),
   linesep = if (booktabs) c('', '', '', '', '\\addlinespace') else '\\hline',
   caption = NULL, caption.short = '', table.envir = if (!is.null(caption)) 'table',
-  escape = TRUE
+  escape = TRUE, isn = logical(ncol(x))
 ) {
   if (!is.null(align <- attr(x, 'align'))) {
     align = paste(align, collapse = vline)
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ kable_latex = function(
   linesep = ifelse(linesep == "", linesep, paste0('\n', linesep))
 
   if (escape) x = escape_latex(x)
+  x[, isn] = paste0('\\(', gsub(',', '{,}', x[, isn], fixed=TRUE), '\\)')
   if (!is.character(toprule)) toprule = NULL
   if (!is.character(bottomrule)) bottomrule = NULL
   tabular = if (longtable) 'longtable' else 'tabular'