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XLConnect (version 0.2-9)

cloneSheet-methods: Cloning/copying worksheets

Description

Clones (copies) a worksheet in a workbook.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'workbook,numeric':
cloneSheet(object,sheet,name)
## S3 method for class 'workbook,character':
cloneSheet(object,sheet,name)

Arguments

object
The workbook to use
sheet
The name or index of the worksheet to clone
name
The name to assign to the cloned worksheet. Throws an exception if the name to assign is the name of an already existing worksheet.

See Also

workbook, createSheet, removeSheet, renameSheet, getSheets, existsSheet

Examples

Run this code
# mtcars xlsx file from demoFiles subfolder of package XLConnect
demoExcelFile <- system.file("demoFiles/mtcars.xlsx", package = "XLConnect")

# Load workbook
wb <- loadWorkbook(demoExcelFile)

# Clone the 'mtcars' worksheet and assign it the name 'mtcars cloned'
cloneSheet(wb, sheet = "mtcars", name = "mtcars cloned")

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