[R] Error when writing to Excel files using the packages xlsx and xlsx2

[Denis Kazakiewicz]

The most safe way work with excel is through .csv format

Sorry for being nonspecific
On 13.07.2011 12:46, syrvn wrote:
> Dear group,
>
> I am working on a rather big project where the output data frames have
> dimensions of 3000 x 15 or greater. We are using xlsx and xlsx2 to write the
> data.frames to Excel sheets.
>
> Since recently we get the following error, when trying to write the data
> frames to the excel sheets:
>
> Error in ls(envir = envir, all.names = private) :
>    invalid 'envir' argument
>
> We figured out that the error occurs when the excel sheet is open while R
> tries to write to it.
> But now, closing all open excel sheets does not fix the error any longer. We
> also tried deleting the excel sheet in case it might be corrupt but we still
> get the same error.
>
> We have a very narrow timeframe so any help on how to fix that error is very
> much appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Flo
>
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