Something like
files <- list.files(pattern="*.xls", full.names = TRUE)
data <- lapply(files, read_excel, sheet="Flow Data", range=("b9:c10"))
should do it.
--Ista
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 12:42 PM Thomas Subia via R-help
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> Colleagues,
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> I have a workbook which has 3 worksheets
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> I need to extract data from two specific cells from one ofthose worksheets.
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> I can use read_excel to do this for one file.
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> data<-read_excel("C:/Desktop/Excel_raw_data/0020-49785 8768.xls",
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> sheet="Flow Data",range=("b9:c10"))
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> How can I do this for all my Excel files in the directory?
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> I can get the list of Excel files using: files =list.files(pattern="*.xls")
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> But I’m not sure where to go from here.
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> Some guidance would be appreciated.
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> All the best
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> Thomas Subia
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> Thomas Subia
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