XLConnect (version 1.0.2)

clearRangeFromReference-methods: Clearing cell ranges in a workbook

Description

Clears cell ranges specified by area reference in a '>workbook.

Usage

# S4 method for workbook,character
clearRangeFromReference(object, reference)

Arguments

object

The '>workbook to use

reference

character specifying an area reference in the form 'SheetX!A7:B19'

Details

Clearing a cell range means to clear all the cells associated with that range. This method is very similar to clearRange.

See Also

'>workbook, clearSheet, clearNamedRegion, clearRange, clearSheet

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)

# Clear ranges A5:D6 and G5:I7 on sheet mtcars
clearRangeFromReference(wb, reference = c("mtcars!A5:D6",
                        "mtcars!G5:I7"))
# }

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