[R] read.table("clipboard")

[Prof Brian Ripley]

> From: "Petr Pikal" <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:07:33 +0100
> 
> Please I have a question regarding read.table. I wonder if there is any 
> possibility to read a content of  'clipboard' directly  (let say as a copy 
> from Excel like programs) or if it is always necessary to save a file in 
> an appropropriate format.

It's only possible to read text files with read.table.  (Even text-like
connections are buffered to a textConnection.)

It is possible to write code to do this, so if anyone wants to 
contribute it....

To read parts of Excel files I would recommend RODBC: you don't need
Excel itself as Windows ODBC has a text driver for .xls files.

> I use 1.2.0 W version with W95.

Please upgrade to 1.2.1.

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