Merge branch 'main' into fix_tt_at_path_issue

DESCRIPTION

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 Package: rtables
 Title: Reporting Tables
-Version: 0.6.5.9017
-Date: 2023-11-28
+Version: 0.6.5.9018
+Date: 2023-11-29
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gabriel", "Becker", , "[email protected]", role = "aut",
            comment = "Original creator of the package"),
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ Depends:
     methods,
     R (>= 2.10)
 Imports:
+    checkmate (>= 2.1.0),
     grid,
     htmltools (>= 0.5.4),
-    stats
+    stats,
+    stringi (>= 1.6)
 Suggests:
     broom (>= 0.7.10),
     car (>= 3.0-13),
-    checkmate (>= 2.1.0),
     dplyr (>= 1.0.5),
     flextable (>= 0.8.4),
     knitr (>= 1.42),

NEWS.md

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-## rtables 0.6.5.9017
+## rtables 0.6.5.9018
 ### New Features
  * Removed `ref_group` reordering in column splits so not to change the order.
  * Added `bold` argument to `as_html` to bold specified elements, and `header_sep_line` 
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  * Added `header_section_div` setters and getters for layout and table objects along with 
    related `basic_table` parameter.
  * Added `na_str` argument to `analyze_colvars` to set custom string to print in place of missing values.
+ * Added flat `data.frame` outputs for `as_result_df()` via flag parameters `as_viewer`, `as_strings`, and 
+   `expand_colnames`.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
  * Fixed a bug that was failing when wrapping and section dividers were used at the same time.
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
  * Started deprecation cycle for `col_fnotes_here` to be replaced with `col_footnotes`.
  * Exported `section_div` methods now have a dedicated documentation page that is visible to users.
  * When tables are exported as `txt`, they preserve the horizontal separator of the table.
+ * Added imports on `stringi` and `checkmate` as they are fundamental packages for string handling and
+   argument checking.
 
 ## rtables 0.6.5
 ### New Features