How to import an excel file from the web?
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I would like to import an excel spreadsheet which is on the intranet. I can click the file to download it when I am on that page. Now I am able to read the source code of that page using 'urlread', but not sure how to open the actual file.
Any clue?
Thanks,
Feng
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Walter Roberson
on 11 Jan 2013
xlsread()
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Walter Roberson
on 12 Jan 2013
urlread() of the download page will allow you to find the URL of the file itself; it will probably be in the form of a file: URL or possibly an http: or https: URL. Once you have extracted that URL, urlread() or urlwrite() the file itself.
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Jan
on 12 Jan 2013
Edited: Jan
on 12 Jan 2013
You can use URLREAD to read the Excel file, store it locally and use XLSREAD then.
Walter 's idea is better: urlwrite performs the storing to disk implicitly.
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Walter Roberson
on 12 Jan 2013
urlwrite() might make more sense than urlread() in this circumstance.
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