On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Victor11 <yao.z...@invesco.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > When I use read.xls() in gdata package to read xls files, I noticed an issue > and couldn't find any solutions after I serched all previous posts. > > In the excel file, the number value, for example, is actually 2.3456789 but > formatted as 2.3 (Format Cells ---> Decimal places:1). After I use > read.xls() to import the excel file, I found that, in R, this number is read > as the formatted value 2.3, instead of the actural value 2.3456789. > > Since I usually read many excel files at the same time, it would be > inconvenient if I change the format in each excel file. So I'm wondering if > there is any argument in read.xls() or any other ways so it can read the > actual value? > > I would realy appcireate for your help. >
I don't think gdata can handle that. Suggest you try one of the other packages listed on this page: http://rwiki.sciviews.org/doku.php?id=tips:data-io:ms_windows&s=excel -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
