[R] Downloading Excel file & reading a range

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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
<simeonduckworth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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