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XLConnect: Excel Connector for R

XLConnect is a comprehensive and cross-platform R package for manipulating Microsoft Excel files from within R. XLConnect differs from other related R packages in that it is completely cross-platform and as such runs under Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac (32- and 64-bit). Moreover, it does not require any installation of Microsoft Excel or any other special drivers to be able to read & write Excel files. The only requirement is a recent version of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

The package can easily be installed from CRAN via install.packages("XLConnect"). In order to get started have a look at the XLConnect and XLConnect for the Impatient package vignettes, the numerous demos available via demo(package = "XLConnect") or browse through the comprehensive reference manual.

Alternatively, you may install XLConnect directly from our github repository using the excellent devtools package:

require(devtools)

# Installs the master branch of XLConnect (= current development version)
install_github("xlconnect", username = "miraisolutions", ref = "master")

# Installs XLConnect 0.2-14
install_github("xlconnect", username = "miraisolutions", ref = "0.2-14")

For more examples see also our wordpress site.

Please send any enhancement requests or bug reports with a simple and self-contained reproducible example to xlconnect@mirai-solutions.com or log a corresponding issue on our github repository. For other questions you may also use Stackoverflow.

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0.2-15

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GPL-3

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Maintainer

Martin Studer

Last Published

April 5th, 2018

Functions in XLConnect (0.2-15)

aref2idx

Converting Excel cell references to row and column based cell references
extractSheetName

Extracting the sheet name from a formula
extraction-methods

Workbook data extraction & replacement operators
getOrCreateCellStyle-methods

Retrieving or creating named cell styles
getReferenceCoordinates-methods

Querying the coordinates of the range reference by an Excel name
idx2col

Converting column indices to Excel column names
XLConnect-deprecated

Deprecated functions in package XLConnect
XLC

XLConnect Constants
idx2cref

Converting indices to Excel cell references
print-methods

Print a workbook's filename
onErrorCell-methods

Behavior when error cells are detected
removePane-methods

Removing panes from worksheet
createCellStyle-methods

Creating custom named and anonymous cell styles
XLConnect-package

Excel Connector for R
createFreezePane-methods

Creating a freeze pane on a worksheet
existsName-methods

Checking existence of names in a workbook
existsSheet-methods

Checking for existence of worksheets in a workbook
XLConnectSettings

Performing general settings for XLConnect
getBoundingBox-methods

Querying the coordinates of a worksheet bounding box
getCellFormula-methods

Retrieving formula definitions from cells
createName-methods

Creating names in a workbook
removeSheet-methods

Removing worksheets from workbooks
createSheet-methods

Creating worksheets in a workbook
hideSheet-methods

Hiding worksheets in a workbook
getActiveSheetIndex-methods

Querying the active worksheet index
getActiveSheetName-methods

Querying the active worksheet name
idx2aref

Converting row and column based area references to Excel area references
setActiveSheet-methods

Setting the active worksheet in a workbook
isSheetVisible-methods

Checking if worksheets are visible in a workbook
getLastColumn-methods

Querying the last (non-empty) column on a worksheet
addImage-methods

Adding images to a worksheet
getLastRow-methods

Querying the last (non-empty) row on a worksheet
saveWorkbook-methods

Saving Microsoft Excel workbooks
renameSheet-methods

Renaming worksheets from workbooks
setColumnWidth-methods

Setting the width of a column in a worksheet
jTryCatch

Standard Java exception handling for XLConnect
setAutoFilter-methods

Setting auto-filters on worksheets
setSheetColor-methods

Setting colors on worksheet tabs
getTables-methods

Querying available Excel tables in a workbook
isSheetHidden-methods

Checking if worksheets are hidden in a workbook
getSheets-methods

Querying available worksheets in a workbook
setDataFormat-methods

Specifying custom data formats for cell styles
setSheetPos-methods

Setting worksheet position
setStyleAction-methods

Controlling application of cell styles when writing data to Excel
appendNamedRegion-methods

Appending data to a named region
isSheetVeryHidden-methods

Checking if worksheets are very hidden in a workbook
clearRangeFromReference-methods

Clearing cell ranges in a workbook
setStyleNamePrefix-methods

Setting the style name prefix for the "name prefix" style action
clearSheet-methods

Clearing worksheets in a workbook
readTable

Reading Excel tables from a workbook
setFillBackgroundColor-methods

Specifying the fill background color for cell styles
setForceFormulaRecalculation-methods

Forcing Excel to recalculate formula values when opening a workbook
setHyperlink-methods

Setting hyperlinks
setDataFormatForType-methods

Setting the data format for the DATA_FORMAT_ONLY style action
readWorksheet-methods

Reading data from worksheets
unhideSheet-methods

Unhiding worksheets in a workbook
appendWorksheet-methods

Appending data to worksheets
xlcRestore

Restoring objects from Excel files
unmergeCells-methods

Unmerging cells
$-methods

Executing workbook methods in object$method(...) form
aref

Constructing Excel area references
existsCellStyle-methods

Retrieving named cell styles
getDefinedNames-methods

Retrieving defined names in a workbook
with.workbook

Evaluate an R expression in a workbook environment
setWrapText-methods

Specifying text wrapping behaviour
workbook-class

Class "workbook"
xlcDump

Dumping data sets to Excel files
xlcFreeMemory

Freeing Java Virtual Machine memory
cloneSheet-methods

Cloning/copying worksheets
show-methods

Display a workbook object
xlcEdit

Editing data sets in an Excel file editor
getCellStyle-methods

Retrieving named cell styles
cref2idx

Converting Excel cell references to indices
col2idx

Converting Excel column names to indices
createSplitPane-methods

Creating a split pane on a worksheet
xlcMemoryReport

Reporting free Java Virtual Machine memory
getForceFormulaRecalculation-methods

Querying the coordinates of the range reference by an Excel name
getCellStyleForType-methods

Querying the cell style per data type for the DATATYPE style action
getReferenceFormula-methods

Querying reference formulas of Excel names
getReferenceCoordinatesForName-methods

Querying the coordinates of the range reference by an Excel name
getSheetPos-methods

Querying worksheet position
removeName-methods

Removing names from workbooks
normalizeDataframe

Data frame Normalization for Unit Tests
readWorksheetFromFile

Reading data from worksheets in an Excel file (wrapper function)
mirai

Mirai Solutions GmbH
summary-methods

Summarizing workbook objects
setCellFormula-methods

Setting cell formulas
setRowHeight-methods

Setting the height of a row in a worksheet
setBorder-methods

Specifying borders for cell styles
setMissingValue-methods

Setting missing value identifiers
swissfranc

Historical Exchange Rates: CHF vs EUR, USD and GBP
getReferenceCoordinatesForTable-methods

Querying the coordinates of the range of an Excel table
loadWorkbook

Loading Microsoft Excel workbooks
writeNamedRegionToFile

Writing named regions to an Excel file (wrapper function)
mergeCells-methods

Merging cells
readNamedRegionFromFile

Reading named regions from an Excel file (wrapper function)
setCellStyle-methods

Setting cell styles
readNamedRegion

Reading named regions from a workbook
setCellStyleForType-methods

Setting the cell style per data type for the DATATYPE style action
setFillForegroundColor-methods

Specifying the fill foreground color for cell styles
writeWorksheet-methods

Writing data to worksheets
setFillPattern-methods

Specifying the fill pattern for cell styles
wrapList

Wrapping of arguments in a list
writeNamedRegion-methods

Writing named regions to a workbook
writeWorksheetToFile

Writing data to worksheets in an Excel file (wrapper function)
xlcCall

Automatic argument vectorization, default Java exception and warnings handling for XLConnect
cellstyle-class

Class "cellstyle"
clearRange-methods

Clearing cell ranges in a workbook
clearNamedRegion-methods

Clearing named regions in a workbook