
Hi Dan,
 
You can save your .xls as .csv, set up your directory under the file where you saved it, then
 
widge= read.csv("WidgeOne.csv", header=T)
 
It should work.
 
Kathleen.

 

> From: jorgeivanvelez@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:31:21 -0400
> To: dan.abner99@gmail.com
> CC: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Importing data from MS EXCEL (.xls) to R XXXX
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> You might try
> 
> require(gdata)
> ?read.xls
> 
> HTH,
> Jorge
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Dan Abner <> wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > What is the simplest, most RELIABLE way to import data from MS EXCEL (.xls)
> > format to R? In the past I have used the read.xls() function from the
> > xlsReadWrite package, however, I have been wrestling with it all afternoon
> > long with no success. I continue to receive the following error message:
> >
> >
> > > {widge<-read.xls("F:\\Classes\\Z1.Data\\stat.3010\\WidgeOne.xls",
> > + colNames=TRUE,sheet=1)}
> > Error in .Call("ReadXls", file, colNames, sheet, type, from, rowNames, :
> > Incorrect number of arguments (11), expecting 10 for 'ReadXls'
> >
> > Any insight/suggestions/assistance is appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Dan
> >
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