Package 'writexl'

Version

Description

Shows version of bundled libxlsxwriter.

Usage

lxw_version()

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Export to xlsx

Description

Writes a data frame to an xlsx file. To create an xlsx with (multiple) named sheets, simply set x to a named list of data frames.

Usage

write_xlsx(
  x,
  path = tempfile(fileext = ".xlsx"),
  col_names = TRUE,
  format_headers = TRUE,
  use_zip64 = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	data frame or named list of data frames that will be sheets in the xlsx
path	a file name to write to
col_names	write column names at the top of the file?
format_headers	make the col_names in the xlsx centered and bold
use_zip64	use zip64 to enable support for 4GB+ xlsx files. Not all platforms can read this.

Details

Currently supports strings, numbers, booleans and dates. Formatting options may be added in future versions.

Examples

# Roundtrip example with single excel sheet named 'mysheet'
tmp <- write_xlsx(list(mysheet = iris))
readxl::read_xlsx(tmp)

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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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