getLastColumn-methods

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

Queries the last (non-empty) column on a worksheet.

Usage

# S4 method for workbook,character
getLastColumn(object,sheet)
# S4 method for workbook,numeric
getLastColumn(object,sheet)

Details

Returns the (1-based) numeric index of the last non-empty column in the specified worksheet.

See Also

'>workbook

Aliases

• getLastColumn
• getLastColumn-methods
• getLastColumn,workbook,character-method
• getLastColumn,workbook,numeric-method

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# mtcars xlsx file from demoFiles subfolder of package XLConnect
demoExcelFile <- system.file("demoFiles/mtcars.xlsx", package = "XLConnect")

# Load workbook
wb <- loadWorkbook(demoExcelFile)

# Query the last row of the 'mtcars' worksheet
getLastColumn(wb, "mtcars")

# Query the last row of the 'mtcars2' worksheet
getLastColumn(wb, "mtcars2")

# Query the last row of the 'mtcars3' worksheet
getLastColumn(wb, "mtcars3")
# }