R: Count or list sheet names in Excel spreadsheet files.

sheetCount {gdata} | R Documentation

## Count or list sheet names in Excel spreadsheet files.

### Description

Count or list sheet names in Excel spreadsheet files.

### Usage

    sheetCount(xls, verbose = FALSE, perl = "perl")
    sheetNames(xls, verbose = FALSE, perl = "perl")

### Arguments

`xls` | File path to spreadsheet. Supports "http://", "https://", and "ftp://" URLS.
`verbose` | If `TRUE`, show additional messages during processing.
`perl` | Path to perl interpreter.

### Value

`sheetCount` returns the number of sheets in the spreadsheet. `sheetNames` returns the names of sheets in the spreadsheet.

### See Also

`read.xls`, `xls2csv`.

### Examples

       xlsfile <- system.file("xls", "iris.xls", package = "gdata")
       xlsfile

       sheetCount(xlsfile)

       exampleFile <- file.path(path.package('gdata'),'xls',
                                'ExampleExcelFile.xls')
       exampleFile2007 <- file.path(path.package('gdata'),'xls',
                                'ExampleExcelFile.xlsx')

       sheetCount(exampleFile)

       if( 'XLSX' %in% xlsFormats() )  # if XLSX is supported..
         sheetNames(exampleFile2007)

[Package gdata version 2.18.0 Index]