Björn Helgason wrote:
> (1;'A') grid readexcelstring jpath '~addons/tara/test.xls'
> 
> Looks relatively ok
> 
> Obviously formating the date etc would need to be addressed
> 

I agree readexcel is too lazy to parse date format, so for the time being it
depends on user's intelligence.

  ]a=: readexcel jpath '~addons/excel/tara/test.xls'
+--------+------+--------+
|1       |_2.2  |3.33    |
+--------+------+--------+
|4.444   |5.5555|_6.66666|
+--------+------+--------+
|hi there|3.3555|1       |
+--------+------+--------+
|0       |test  |2       |
+--------+------+--------+
|there   |38335 |        |
+--------+------+--------+
   load 'dates'
   ]a=: (todate@(+&36522)&.> (<4 1){a)  (<4 1)}a
+--------+----------+--------+
|1       |_2.2      |3.33    |
+--------+----------+--------+
|4.444   |5.5555    |_6.66666|
+--------+----------+--------+
|hi there|3.3555    |1       |
+--------+----------+--------+
|0       |test      |2       |
+--------+----------+--------+
|there   |2004 12 14|        |
+--------+----------+--------+
   (1;'A') grid a

-- 
regards,
bill
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