Package: readxl 1.5.0.9000

Jennifer Bryan

readxl: Read Excel Files

Import excel files into R. Supports '.xls' via the embedded 'libxls' C library <https://github.com/libxls/libxls> and '.xlsx' via the embedded 'RapidXML' C++ library <https://rapidxml.sourceforge.net/>. Works on Windows, Mac and Linux without external dependencies.

Authors:Hadley Wickham [aut], Jennifer Bryan [aut, cre], Posit, PBC [cph, fnd], Marcin Kalicinski [ctb, cph], Komarov Valery [ctb, cph], Christophe Leitienne [ctb, cph], Bob Colbert [ctb, cph], David Hoerl [ctb, cph], Evan Miller [ctb, cph]

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DESCRIPTION |NEWS
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readxl/json (API)

# Install 'readxl' in R:
install.packages('readxl', repos = c('https://tidyverse.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/tidyverse/readxl/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://readxl.tidyverse.org

Uses libs:
  • c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3

On CRAN:

Conda:

excelspreadsheetxlsxlsxcpp

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Last updated from:47f8aeac0a. Checks:13 OK. Indexed: yes.

TargetResultTimeFilesSyslog
linux-devel-arm64OK135
linux-devel-x86_64OK148
source / vignettesOK205
linux-release-arm64OK144
linux-release-x86_64OK144
macos-release-arm64OK116
macos-release-x86_64OK383
macos-oldrel-arm64OK143
macos-oldrel-x86_64OK280
windows-develOK104
windows-releaseOK106
windows-oldrelOK158
wasm-releaseOK113

Exports:anchoredcell_colscell_limitscell_rowsexcel_formatexcel_sheetsformat_from_extformat_from_signatureread_excelread_xlsread_xlsxreadxl_examplereadxl_progress

Dependencies:cellrangerclicpp11crayongluehmslifecyclemagrittrpillarpkgconfigprettyunitsprogressR6rematchrlangtibbleutf8vctrs

Cell and Column Types
Type guessing | Excel types, R types, col_types | When column guessing goes wrong | Peek at column names | Square pegs in round holes | Logical column | Numeric column | Date column | Text or character column
Rendered fromcell-and-column-types.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-05-16
Started: 2017-04-14

Sheet Geometry
Little known Excel facts | Implications for readxl | skip and n_max | skip | n_max | range
Rendered fromsheet-geometry.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-05-05
Started: 2017-04-14

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Specify cells for readinganchored cell-specification cell_cols cell_limits cell_rows
Determine file formatexcel_format format_from_ext format_from_signature
List all sheets in an excel spreadsheetexcel_sheets
Read xls and xlsx filesread_excel read_xls read_xlsx
Get path to readxl examplereadxl_example
Determine whether to show progress spinnerreadxl_progress