[R] help with data import/export

[Griffith Feeney]

Depends on the particulars of the data. Here's how I move between R and 
Excel for tables of the form

       col1  col2  ...  colm
row1     #     #  ...     #
row2     #     #  ...     #
.        .     .          .
.        .     .          .
.        .     .          .
rown     #     #  ...     #

where 'rowi' and 'colj' are labels (no spaces) and # numbers in body of table.

Excel -> R

Use 'save as space delimited text (.prn)' in Excel to create a text file 
name, say, 'table.txt', and 'data.matrix(read.table("table.txt")) in R to 
return as two dimensional array in R with row and column labels.

R -> Excel

Use sink("table"), where 'table' is the name of the R object, to print to a 
text file, then open the file in Excel and follow the import wizard steps.

At 10:42 PM 30/08/2000 -1000, you wrote:
>how can I import/export data from ms excel?
>also is there a way to import/export data of the hdf format?
>is there a way to import/export hdf format for ms excel as well?
>thank you very much in advance.
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