There are two read.xls functions: one is in gdata and one is in xlsReadWrite packages and neither is unreliable. You've simply not loaded the package. There is more info here and interfacing to Excel: http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:data-io:ms_windows
You should read the Introduction manual and see ?library for loading a package. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Mathew, Abraham T <amat...@ku.edu> wrote: > I'm an R newbie and had a question about the read.xls function. I've heard > that this is often not a reliable function to use for importing data. > However, I have created numerous xls files which contain information about > voter turnout and macroeconomic indicators in India. I'm writing a paper on > the relationship between economic growth and voter turnout. > > This is the command I use: > > data <- read.xls("India.xls", header=TRUE) > > I get the following error message: > Error: could not find function "read.xls" > > > Anyone have ideas? > Thanks, > Abraham > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.