fImport (version 2110.79)

read.xls: Read from an xls file

Description

Reads a sheet from an xls file.

Usage

read.xls(url, sheet=1, lines=-1, verbose=FALSE, encoding="unknown")

Arguments

url

a character string specifying the URL of the web page.

sheet

an integer denoting which sheet should be extracted, by default the first.

lines

a negative integer with the lines to be skipped, by default the first.

verbose

a logical decides about verbose mode, by default FALSE.

encoding

a character string with the type of encoding, by defaul "unknown".

Value

• the downloaded text.