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Read an Excel file directly from a R script

I made an Excel file, I named it test.xlsx. I wanted to read the file in R.

date    price  
1        34  
2        34.5  
3        34  
4        34  
5        35  
6        34.5  
7        36  

Now, when I used

x = read.csv("test.xlsx")  

didn’t work. Also I used

x = read.table("test.xlsx")

I got the warning

Warning message:
In read.table("test.xlsx") :
  incomplete final line found by readTableHeader on 'test.xlsx'  

and the result:

 V1
1                         PK\003\004\024
2 PˆTز\005›DQ4ï½ùfىé|[™d\003\001µ³9\033g

So, do I need to make a special file in order to read it in R?

Answer 1

try using a simple CSV file. you can save one in Excel using the Save As option