I've never tried reading in an Excel file. I usually just export the file as a csv file and read it in using read.csv().
--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Luis Felipe Parra <felipe.pa...@quantil.com.co> wrote: > From: Luis Felipe Parra <felipe.pa...@quantil.com.co> > Subject: [R] Importing a file to r > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 3:06 PM > Hello > > I am trying to import the attached file Curva LIBOR to R. I > am trying to use > the following commands and obtaining the following errors > > > res <- read.xlsx("C:\\Users\\FELIPE > PARRA\\Documents\\Quantil\\Federacion\\Curva LIBOR.xlsx", > 4) > Error en .jcall(rowCells[[ic]], "I", "getColumnIndex") : > RcallMethod: invalid object parameter > > res <- read.xlsx("C:/Users/FELIPE > PARRA/Documents/Quantil/Federacion/Curva > LIBOR.xlsx", 4) > Error en .jcall(rowCells[[ic]], "I", "getColumnIndex") : > RcallMethod: invalid object parameter > > > res <- read.xlsx(file, sheetName="LIBORSWAP") > Error en .jcall(rowCells[[ic]], "I", "getColumnIndex") : > RcallMethod: invalid object parameter > > does anybody knows what does this error means? Or do you > have nay idea what > is a good way of importing big EXCEL files to R. Thank you > > Felipe Parra > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ______________________________________________ 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.