On Microsoft Windows systems, it may be more convenient to install and use the "XLSReadWRite" packge. For non-windows systems, the gdata package provides this function, but requires perl to be present.
-Greg (Maintainer of gdata) On Feb 9, 2008, at 1:09PM , Henrique Dallazuanna wrote: > You need library(gdata) before > > On 08/02/2008, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # READ DATA FROM XLS FILE # >> >> xls <- read.xls(file = "C:/projects/Rintro/Part01/export.xls", >> sheet = 3, >> type = "data.frame", from = 1, colNames = TRUE) >> >> On Feb 8, 2008 3:49 PM, Christine Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> This is the most basic question ever...I haven't used R in a >>> couple years >>> since college so I forget and haven't been able to find what I'm >>> looking for >>> in any of the manuals. >>> >>> I just need to figure out how to load a dataset into the program >>> from excel! >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> CL >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- >>> guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> =============================== >> WenSui Liu >> ChoicePoint Precision Marketing >> Phone: 678-893-9457 >> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Blog : statcompute.spaces.live.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- >> guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.