R: Excel Types

xl_formula {writexl} | R Documentation

## Excel Types

### Description

Create special column types to write to a spreadsheet

### Usage

    xl_formula(x)

    xl_hyperlink(url, name = NULL)

### Arguments

`x` | character vector to be interpreted as formula
`url` | character vector of URLs
`name` | character vector of friendly names

### Examples

    df <- data.frame(
      name = c("UCLA", "Berkeley", "Jeroen"),
      founded = c(1919, 1868, 2030),
      website = xl_hyperlink(c("http://www.ucla.edu", "http://www.berkeley.edu", NA), "homepage")
    )
    df$age <- xl_formula('=(YEAR(TODAY()) - INDIRECT("B" & ROW()))')
    write_xlsx(df, 'universities.xlsx')

    # cleanup
    unlink('universities.xlsx')

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