[R] "easiest" way to write an R dataframe to excel?

Erik Iverson eriki at ccbr.umn.edu
Mon Aug 23 23:41:16 CEST 2010


In addition to the Wiki already mentioned, the following may be
useful:

http://learnr.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/export-data-frames-to-multi-worksheet-excel-file/

Eva Nordstrom wrote:
> I am using R 2.11.1 in a Microsoft Windows 7 environment.
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> I tried using WriteXLS, but get the message " In system(cmd) : perl not found"
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> What is the "easiest" way to write an R dataframe to Excel?  (I am familiar with 
> WriteXLS, but I do not have PERL installed, and if not needed, do not wish to 
> install it.)
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> I am also familiar with write.table, but if possible, wish to create an excel 
> file form within R.
>  
> I'm unsure if this is possible, or perhaps i should just go ahead and install 
> PERL...?
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