The gdata etc. packages (I cannot remember which of the g* packages it is) contains a read.xls function which reads an excel file based on a PERL script. I have used it for small stuff and for that it worked fine. I don't think they contain a write module though.
Kasper On Feb 8, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > I don't know of any native xls read/write facility in R, either > in core or as add-ons (I could be wrong), but if you want some source > code to scavenge on to build some R package out of it, there are two > perl modules, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel > which are small enough to "read from front cover to back cover", > so to speak, might be useful for reference and steal code from. > > The other open-source packages which can read/write excel files > are gnumeric and openoffice and probably too big to find one's way > around the source code to steal there :-). > > Good luck. > > HTL > > Mark W Kimpel wrote: >> Hans-Peter and other R developers, >> >> How are you? Have you made any progess with embedding Url's in Excel? >> >> Well, I have been busy thinking of more things for you to do;) >> >> My colleagues in the lab are not R literate, and some are barely >> computer literate, so I give them everything in Excel workbooks. I >> have >> gradually evolved a system such that these workbooks have become >> compendia of my data, output, and methods. That, in fact, is why I >> bought the Pro version of xlsReadWritePro. I have been saving >> graphics >> as PDF files, then inserting them as object in Excel sheets. >> >> What I would like to be able to do is to embed objects (files) in >> sheets >> of a workbook directly from within R. I would also like to be able to >> save my current R workspace as an object embedded in a sheet so >> that in >> the future, if packages change, I could go back and recreate the >> analysis. I do not need to be able to manuipulate files that R has >> not >> created, like a PDF file from another user. I would, however, like >> to be >> able to save my graphics as PDF files inside a worksheet, even if it >> meant creating a temp file or something. >> >> Before people begin talking about how MySQL or some other database >> could >> handle all that archiving, let me say that that is not what my >> colleagues want. They want a nice Excel file that they can take >> home on >> there laptops. One thing I like about worksheets is that they >> themselves >> can contain many embedded files, so it keeps our virtual desks neater >> and less confusing. >> >> Hans, if you could do this, it would be of tremendous benefit to >> me and >> hopefully a lot of people. R developers tend to think that all >> scientists are running Linux on 64-bit computers, but most biomedical >> researches still store date in Excel files. This won't solve >> everybody's >> needs, but it could be a start. >> >> Well, let me know what you think. I am cc'ing R-devel to see if >> any of >> those guys have ideas as well. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel