R: Order of worksheets in xlsx file

worksheetOrder {openxlsx} | R Documentation

## Order of worksheets in xlsx file

### Description

Get/set order of worksheets in a Workbook object

### Usage

    worksheetOrder(wb)

    worksheetOrder(wb) <- value

### Arguments

`wb` | A workbook object
`value` | Vector specifying order to write worksheets to file

### Details

This function does not reorder the worksheets within the workbook object, it simply shuffles the order when writing to file.

### Examples

    ## setup a workbook with 3 worksheets
    wb <- createWorkbook()
    addWorksheet(wb = wb, sheetName = "Sheet 1", gridLines = FALSE)
    writeDataTable(wb = wb, sheet = 1, x = iris)

    addWorksheet(wb = wb, sheetName = "mtcars (Sheet 2)", gridLines = FALSE)
    writeData(wb = wb, sheet = 2, x = mtcars)

    addWorksheet(wb = wb, sheetName = "Sheet 3", gridLines = FALSE)
    writeData(wb = wb, sheet = 3, x = Formaldehyde)

    worksheetOrder(wb)
    names(wb)
    worksheetOrder(wb) <- c(1, 3, 2) # switch position of sheets 2 & 3
    writeData(wb, 2, 'This is still the "mtcars" worksheet', startCol = 15)
    worksheetOrder(wb)
    names(wb) ## ordering within workbook is not changed
    ## Not run:
    saveWorkbook(wb, "worksheetOrderExample.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)

    ## End(Not run)
    worksheetOrder(wb) <- c(3, 2, 1)
    ## Not run:
    saveWorkbook(wb, "worksheetOrderExample2.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package openxlsx version 4.2.3 Index]