R Observatory: Metrics for SheetReader version 1.2.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2026-06-24. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 1.2.1, its last release before removal.

SheetReader

1.2.1

Parse xlsx Files

0packages depend

2.9Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Felix Henze5 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Uses C++ via the 'Rcpp' package to parse modern Excel files ('.xlsx'). Memory usage is kept minimal by decompressing only parts of the file at a time, while employing multiple threads to achieve significant runtime reduction. Uses https://github.com/richgel999/miniz and https://github.com/lemire/fast_double_parser.

Install

R (source archive)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/SheetReader/SheetReader_1.2.1.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "SheetReader_1.2.1.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.2.1) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("fhenz/SheetReader-r")

Development version from fhenz/SheetReader-r. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-sheetreader

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-SheetReader

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 10.17

not tracked

Coverage

1

Dependencies · direct

Check history

ERROR2026-05-13
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-22
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-04-18
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 0%

Downloads

2.9K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #20,231 · ~8/day · ~245/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

030 days

55490 days

2.9K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on383 r2u17 autocran2.1K conda_forge

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (1)

Rcpp

LinkingTo (1)

Rcpp

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Felix Henze

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Felix Henze

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (2)

Rich Geldreich

Contributor, Copyright holder

Daniel Lemire

Contributor, Copyright holder

Copyright holders (2)

Rich Geldreich

Contributor, Copyright holder

Daniel Lemire

Contributor, Copyright holder

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Eric Biggers

no longer listed · 1.0.1 to 1.0.2

Package Timeline

5 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-06-24
issues were not corrected despite reminders
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
1.2.1
2024-05-30 · diff ↗
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
1.2.0
2024-03-01 · diff ↗
1.1.0
2023-05-10 · diff ↗
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
1.0.2
2022-04-08 · diff ↗
1.0.1
2022-03-28
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18

Package metadata

Total releases: 5
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: 138 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("SheetReader")

Format

Henze, F., Geldreich, R., & Lemire, D. (n.d.). SheetReader: Parse xlsx Files (Version 1.2.1) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=SheetReader

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for SheetReader version 1.2.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-13, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

Report a problem with this page →