R: reading an excel file in C?

[Turner, GS \(Geoff\)]

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> From: siliconwafer [mailto:spdandav ate@yahoo.com]
> Posted At: 19 August 2005 15:20
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> Conversation: reading an excel file in C?
> Subject: reading an excel file in C?
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> Hi All,
> I want to know,How can one read an Excel file into C,cell by cell?
> Further I want to compare 2 excel files,cell by cell.
> I know a crude way which is not working.
> I can open an xls file and read it character by character untill a
> '\t'(TAB).Then again read it char by char.
> I think this should work since an Excel file is nothing but a tab
> seperated strings.Am I correct?
> What can be an elegant way?
> Thanks,
> -Siliconwafer
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Only if the file is saved as an CSV file, with TAB delimiters.
Otherwise it could be quotes and commas seperating cells, again
if it's a CSV.
If it's an XLS, then you need to find the file format.

GST

[Steffen Buehler]

Re: R: reading an excel file in C?

Turner, GS (Geoff) wrote:
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>> From: siliconwafer [mailto:spdandav ate@yahoo.com][/color][/color]
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>> I want to know,How can one read an Excel file into C,cell by cell?[/color][/color]
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> If it's an XLS, then you need to find the file format.[/color]

Which is proprietary, of course. And no C stuff, anyway.

Hint: googling for "WorkbooksP tr" could help ...

Best regards
Steffen