mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity Class
Namespace: mlreportgen.dom
Superclasses: mlreportgen.dom.Text
Create character entity reference
Description
Create a reference to a character entity reference.
The mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity
class is a handle
class.
Creation
Description
creates a reference to a non-breaking space
( ) entity. Appending this reference to a
document inserts a non-breaking space.charEntityObj
= CharEntity
creates a reference to the character entity
specified by charEntityObj
= CharEntity(name
)name
.
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
Properties
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.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
Content
— Text contained by this document element
''
(default) | character vector | string scalar
Text contained by this document element, specified as a character vector or string scalar.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
BackgroundColor
— Background color
[]
(default) | character vector | string scalar
Background color that consists of a CSS color name or a hexadecimal RGB value, specified as a character vector or string scalar.
For a list of CSS color names, see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.
To specify a hexadecimal RGB format, use
#
as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers for the red, green, and blue values. For example,"#0000ff"
specifies blue.
Note
Setting the BackgroundColor
property adds a
mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor
format object to the
Style
property. Setting the
BackgroundColor
property to an empty value removes the
object.
Example: "blue"
Example: "#0000ff"
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
Bold
— Option to use bold for document element
[]
(default) | true
or 1
| false
or 0
Option to use bold for this document element, specified as a numeric or logical
1
(true
) or 0
(false
). To make document element bold, set
Bold
to true
or 1
.
Note
Setting the Bold
property adds a corresponding
mlreportgen.dom.Bold
format object to the
Style
property. Setting the Bold
property
to an empty value removes the object.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: logical
Color
— Document element object color
[]
(default) | character vector | string scalar
Document element object color 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
, specified as a character vector or
string scalar.
Note
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"
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
Italic
— Option to use italic for document element
[]
(default) | true
or 1
| false
or 0
Option to use italic for document element, specified as a numeric or logical
1
(true
) or 0
(false
). To make document element italic, set
Italic
to true
or 1
.
Note
Setting the Italic
property adds a corresponding
mlreportgen.dom.Italic
format object to the
Style
property. Setting the Italic
property to an empty value removes the object.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: logical
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)
Note
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.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
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 line | All |
| Underline all characters except spaces | Word |
| Double line | Word |
| Thick line | Word |
| Dotted line | Word |
| Thick dotted line | Word |
| Dashed line | Word |
| Line with heavy dashes | Word |
| Line with long dashes | Word |
| Line with heavy long dashes | Word |
| Dot-dash line | Word |
| Heavy dash-dot line | Word |
| Dot-dot-dash line | Word |
| Line with heavy dashes and two dots between the dashes | Word |
| Wavy line | Word |
| Heavy wavy | Word |
| Double wavy line | Word |
| No underline | All |
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.
Note
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.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
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. 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.
Note
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.
Example: "Courier New"
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
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 or string scalar 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"cm"
— centimeters"in"
— inches"mm"
— millimeters"pc"
— picas"pt"
— points
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
WhiteSpace
— How to treat white space in text
[]
(default) | "normal"
| "nowrap"
| ...
How to treat white space and line breaks in text, specified as one of the values in this table.
Value | Description | Supported Output Types |
---|---|---|
| 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 Microsoft® Word, this value removes spaces at the beginning and end of text. | All |
| Sequences of white space collapse into a single white space. Text never wraps to the next line. | HTML |
| Preserves white space. Text wraps only on line breaks. Acts
like the | HTML and PDF |
| Same as "pre". | All |
| Sequences of white space collapse into a single white space. Text wraps when necessary and on line breaks. | HTML and PDF |
| Preserves white space. Text wraps when necessary and on line breaks. | HTML and PDF |
Note
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.
Data Types: char
| string
StyleName
— Name of stylesheet-defined style
[]
(default) | character vector | string scalar
Style name, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The style name is the
name of a style specified in the style sheet of the document or document part to which
this element is appended. The specified style defines the appearance of this element in
the output document unless overridden by the formats specified by the
Style
property of this element. To learn more about using style
sheets, see Use Style Sheet Styles.
Note
Microsoft Word output ignores the style name.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
Style
— Format specification
{}
(default) | array of DOM format objects
Format specification for this document element object, specified as an array of DOM
format objects. The formats specified by this property override corresponding formats
specified by the StyleName
property of this element. Formats that
do not apply to this document element object are ignored.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
CustomAttributes
— Custom attributes of document element
[]
(default) | 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 of the document element to which this object is
appended.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Tag
— Tag for mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity
object
character vector | string scalar
Tag for the mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity
object, specified as a character vector or
string scalar. The DOM API 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. Specify your own tag value to help
you identify where to look when an issue occurs during document generation.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
Id
— Object identifier for mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity
object
character vector | string scalar
Object identifier for the mlreportgen.dom.CharEntity
object, specified as a
character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique identifier
when it creates the document element object. You can specify your own value for
Id
.
Attributes:
NonCopyable | true |
Data Types: char
| string
Methods
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);
Version History
Introduced in R2014b
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