[R] read file of EXCEL format

[Chuck Cleland]

XinMeng wrote:
> Hello sir:
> 
> How can I read data file of EXCEL format from disk("d:\\data.XLS" for example)?
> 
> I can only read data file of .txt format
> read.delim("d:\\data.txt",header=T,as.is=T),but only EXCEL format is available at present.

Here is one way to read it directly:

library(RODBC)

z <- odbcConnectExcel("d:/data.xls")
       mydata <- sqlFetch(z, "Sheet1")
       close(z)

# Replace Sheet1 with the name of the worksheet to be read.

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