---
title: "Untitled"
output: 
  pdf_document:
    keep_tex: true
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

```{r}
library(tidyverse)
library(knitr)
library(kableExtra)

dt <- rbind(mtcars, mtcars) 

# kable(dt, "latex", longtable = T, caption="test table") %>%
#   add_header_above(c(" ", "a" = 6, "b" = 5)) %>%
#   kable_styling(latex_options = "repeat_header")
```

```{r}
kable(dt, "latex", longtable = T, caption = "test", booktabs = T) %>%
  kable_styling(latex_options = c("striped", "repeat_header"), repeat_header_text = "(...)")
```

```{r}
kable(dt, "latex", longtable = T, booktabs = T) %>%
  add_header_above(c(" ", "a" = 6, "b" = 5)) %>%
  kable_styling(latex_options = "repeat_header", repeat_header_text = "(cont.)")
```