[R] trying to import xls or xlsx files

[wwreith]

library(xlsReadWrite)
mydata<-read.xls("file path", header=TRUE)

however if I change xls to csv it works just fine. Any ideas what I'm doing
wrong? I have have also using the package gdata with the exact same error.

Below is the error that pops up.

Error in findPerl(verbose = verbose) : 
  perl executable not found. Use perl= argument to specify the correct path.
Error in file.exists(tfn) : invalid 'file' argument



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