I don't have answer to either of your questions, just some info: 1: Why not try the XLSReadWrite package that can do it natively without using Perl to convert to CSV first?
2: There seems to be an Ooo extension that sounds similar to R-Excel (connecting R to Calc). Not sure if that helps you any though. Andy From: Ajay Shah > > 1. I have used gdata::read.xls() with much happiness. But every now > and then it breaks. I have not, as yet, been able to construct a > mental model about the class of .xls files for which it works. Does > someone have a simple rule for predicting the circumstances under > which it will work? > > 2. Just like there is a read.xls(), it'd be great if we have a > read.ods() which directly reads files from openoffice. This should > be easier than grokking Microsoft formats given that openoffice is > gpl. I hunted a bit and couldn't find any. Does someone know how we > might approach this? > > Am I correct in thinking that our goal is reading OpenDocument > files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument) ? > > -- > Ajay Shah > http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com > <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachme...{{dropped:15}} ______________________________________________ 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.
