title: R describe and R Markdown
body: <p>I'd like to <code>describe</code> my data table in a R Markdown file using</p>
  
  <pre><code>xtable(data, type='html')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But none of the packages I looked so far seem to be compatible with <code>xtable</code> in <code>html</code> setting, f.i. <code>Hmisc::describe</code>,<code>reporttools::tableNominal</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have a solution for this?</p>
  
  <p>Example:
  Something like
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5900178/variables-overview-with-xtable-in-r/5901981#590198">Variables Overview with xtable in R</a>
  but working in Markdown/html.</p>