Downloading Excel file & reading a range
Try this. pattern = "EWSB" says to ignore everything in the file before the first line containing EWSB. It then reads the remainder read.table style into data frame DF. library(gdata) v <- "http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/01_09/downloads/Table1_07.xls" DF <- read.xls(v, pattern = "EWSB", sep = ",", header = TRUE) On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM, simeon duckworth
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I am trying to figure out a way to download an Excel file and then read a range into R - so that i can have a reasonably automated process. I have been trying to use the RODBC package, but with little success. I suspect that this isnt the right route Here is some code. My aim is to read in the data starting in H69:H283 in sheet 2. v<-"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/01_09/downloads/Table1_07.xls" dest<-"C:/Data/onstest.xls" download.file(url=v,destfile=dest,mode="wb") library(RODBC) channel <-odbcConnectExcel(dest) qry <- paste("SELECT * FROM '",tbls$TABLE_NAME[2],"'",sep="") onstest <- sqlQuery(channel,qry) close(channel) very grateful for any help simeon [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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