Taro.jl uses Apache POI, which is probably the best open source xls reader out there.
-viral On Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:01:42 AM UTC-5, Oliver Lylloff wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > Just found this: https://github.com/aviks/Taro.jl > > Hope that's what you need. > > Best, > Oliver > > Den torsdag den 26. juni 2014 13.32.16 UTC+2 skrev Charles Santana: >> >> Dear colleagues, >> >> Is there a way to read an XLS file with Julia? Sorry, but I didn't find >> any information about this in the forums. >> >> The best "work around" I see now is to convert my xls files to csv and to >> read them with readdlm or other functions in Julia. Any other? >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestion! >> >> Best, >> >> Charles >> >> -- >> Um axé! :) >> >> -- >> Charles Novaes de Santana, PhD >> http://www.imedea.uib-csic.es/~charles >> >
