[R] Reading microsoft .xls format and openoffice OpenDocument files

[Gabor Grothendieck]

With regards to #1 you could also check out
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/04/25674.html

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Ajay Shah <ajayshah at mayin.org> 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) ?
>
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