Hello Ajay, I'm the author of the gdata package. If you send me a copy of an .XLS file that doesn't work with read.xls(), I'll see about fixing the code.
-Greg On Mar 7, 2008, at 6:17AM , Ajay Shah wrote: > 1. I have used gdata::read.xls() with much happiness. But every now > and then it breaks. I have not, as yet, been able to construct a > mental model about the class of .xls files for which it works. Does > someone have a simple rule for predicting the circumstances under > which it will work? > > 2. Just like there is a read.xls(), it'd be great if we have a > read.ods() which directly reads files from openoffice. This should > be easier than grokking Microsoft formats given that openoffice is > gpl. I hunted a bit and couldn't find any. Does someone know how we > might approach this? > > Am I correct in thinking that our goal is reading OpenDocument > files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument) ? > > -- > Ajay Shah http://www.mayin.org/ > ajayshah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:// > ajayshahblog.blogspot.com > <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
