openxlsx (version 4.2.5.2)

loadWorkbook: Load an existing .xlsx file

Description

loadWorkbook returns a workbook object conserving styles and formatting of the original .xlsx file.

Usage

loadWorkbook(file, xlsxFile = NULL, isUnzipped = FALSE)

Value

Workbook object.

Arguments

file

A path to an existing .xlsx or .xlsm file

xlsxFile

alias for file

isUnzipped

Set to TRUE if the xlsx file is already unzipped

Author

Alexander Walker, Philipp Schauberger

See Also

removeWorksheet()

Examples

## load existing workbook from package folder
wb <- loadWorkbook(file = system.file("extdata", "loadExample.xlsx", package = "openxlsx"))
names(wb) # list worksheets
wb ## view object
## Add a worksheet
addWorksheet(wb, "A new worksheet")

## Save workbook
if (FALSE) {
saveWorkbook(wb, "loadExample.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)
}