r - Rmarkdown of Stargazer: LaTeX Error if align is set to TRUE -

i working stargazer , want produce latex output simple lm object. problem cannot set align = true without getting error.

latex error: \caption outside float.

i checked , message says wrong. copying stargazer output directly latex document works fine. copying rmarkdown document produces same error (which no surprise wanted sure). after playing around bit figured out working in rmarkdown if significance stars(*) removed (or precise ^{***}). however, stargazer producing them default , important part of output.

is there way make work?

--- header-includes: - \usepackage{dcolumn} output: pdf_document ---  ## r markdown ```{r, include = false} library(stargazer) df <- data.frame(x = 1:10 + rnorm(100),                  y = 1:10 + rnorm(100)) reg <- lm(y ~ x, data = df) ```  ```{r, results='asis', echo = false} stargazer(reg, header = false, align = true) ``` 

on linux systems, wrapping stargazer inside either invisible or suppressmessages works suppress garbage otherwise gets rendered. unfortunately, solution not seem work on windows computers.

--- header-includes: - \usepackage{dcolumn} output: pdf_document ---  ## r markdown ```{r, include = false}  library(stargazer) df <- data.frame(x = 1:10 + rnorm(100),                  y = 1:10 + rnorm(100)) reg <- lm(y ~ x, data = df) ```  ```{r, results='asis', echo = false} invisible(stargazer(reg, header = false, align = true)) # suppressmessages(stargazer(reg, header = false, align = true)) # works ``` 

the reason (from page)

stargazer uses cat() output latex/html code or ascii text table. allow further processing of output, stargazer returns same output invisibly character vector.

we use suppressmessages or invisible ensure first output (produced cat) rendered. character vector output turns garbage when rmarkdown attempts render using print, rather cat