I use gdata and it works quite well for me. It's as easy as install.packages(gdata) library(gdata) data = read.xls("mydata.xls",sheet=1)
[read.xls() can take other arguments] It requires concurrent installation of Perl, but installing Perl is also simple. For Windows, you can get it here: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ --- Gabor Csardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is also a read.xls command in package gdata, it seems that it uses > a perl script called 'xls2csv'. I've have no idea how good this is, > never tried it. > > Btw, xlsReadWrite is Windows-only, so you can use it only if > you use windows. > > Gabor > > ps. Corinna, to be honest, i've no idea what kind online help you've > read, there is plenty. Next time try to be more specific please. > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:07:51PM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Corinna Schmitt wrote: > > > > > > It is a quite stupid question but please help me. I am very > > > confuced. I am able to import normal txt ant mat-files to R but > > > unable to import .xls-file > > > > > I've tried two ways to import excel files, but none of them > > seems perfect. > [...] > > -- > Csardi Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MTA RMKI, ELTE TTK > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.