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gdata (version 2.7.1)

sheetCount: Count or list sheet names in Excel spreadsheet files.

Description

Count or list sheet names in Excel spreadsheet files.

Usage

sheetCount(xls, verbose = FALSE, perl = "perl")
sheetNames(xls, verbose = FALSE, perl = "perl")

Arguments

xls
File path to spreadsheet. Supports "http://", "https://", and "ftp://" URLS.
verbose
If TRUE, show additional messages during processing.
perl
Path to perl interpreter.

Value

  • sheetCount returns the number of sheets in the spreadsheet. sheetNames returns the names of sheets in the spreadsheet.

See Also

read.xls, xls2csv.

Examples

Run this code
xlsfile <- system.file("xls", "iris.xls", package = "gdata")
   xlsfile

   sheetCount(xlsfile)


   exampleFile <- file.path(.path.package('gdata'),'xls',
                            'ExampleExcelFile.xls')
   exampleFile2007 <- file.path(.path.package('gdata'),'xls',
                            'ExampleExcelFile.xlsx')

   sheetCount(exampleFile)
   sheetNames(exampleFile2007)

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