[R] help for lay person assisting R user with disability

[PIKAL Petr]

Hi

I believe that others come with more elaborated answers.

Probably easiest way how to transfer Excel data to R is:

select rectangular area you want to transfer, preferably with sensible header.

pres Ctrl-C

In R enter command
object <- read.delim("clipboard")

possibly with header or NA options.

However this approach is not reproducible (you lose information about data source in .Rhistory), so there are other ways (e.g. through saved CSV file) but they can be more tricky.

Cheers
Petr


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> Courtney Bryant
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> Subject: [R] help for lay person assisting R user with disability
>
> Good Morning,
> I am currently working with a disabled R user who is a student here at
> CMU.  The student has both sight and mobility issues.  The student has
> asked for an assistant who is well versed in R to enter data for her,
> which we are having a hard time finding.  I would like information from
> R developers/users about how/how well R interfaces with Excel (an
> easier skill set to find!)   In your opinion, could it be as easy as
> uploading data from excel into R?
>
> Also, do you know of a way to enlarge the R interface or otherwise
> assist in making the program accessible to a low vision person?  My
> limited understanding leads me to believe that screen magnifiers like
> zoom text don't work particularly well.  If you have information on
> that, I would very much appreciate it.
>
> Thanks for your help and for bearing with me!
> Courtney
>
>
>
> Courtney Bryant, EOS Specialist
> Equal Opportunity Services, Human Resources Carnegie Mellon University
> 412-268-3930 | cbryant at andrew.cmu.edu
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