R Observatory: Metrics for xlsimple version 1.0.5

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2021-12-09. Its history is shown below.

Reason: check problems were not corrected in time. Incorrect (and unchecked) 'SystemRequirements' for Java

Details below reflect version 1.0.5, its last release before removal.

xlsimple

1.0.5Package record

'XLConnect' Wrapper

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Erik W. LeppoCRAN page ↗

Provides a simple wrapper for some 'XLConnect' functions. 'XLConnect' is a package that allows for reading, writing, and manipulating 'Microsoft Excel' files. This package, 'xlsimple', adds some documentation and pre-defined formatting to the outputted 'Excel' file. Individual sheets can include a description on the first row to remind user what is in the data set. Auto filters and freeze rows are turned on. A brief readme file is created that provides a summary listing of the created sheets and, where provided, the description.

Changes in 1.0.5

Release 2020-07-31
New version for submittal to CRAN.

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/xlsimple/xlsimple_1.0.5.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "xlsimple_1.0.5.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 (1.0.5) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.0.5

READMEYes · 150 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 1.0.5Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 6
Examples that run: 100%4 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 67%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 83%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

xlsimple Releases R versions

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How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.2.0

Imports (1)

XLConnect

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

knitr

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

–indirect (not tracked)

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Erik W. Leppo

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.5 (2020) · added in 1.0.5

Jon Harcum

Author

Previously maintained by Jon Harcum (0.0.1).

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Erik Leppo

no longer listed · 0.0.1

Releases (2)

Pick two releases to compare their code metrics.

R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2021-12-09
check problems were not corrected in time Incorrect (and unchecked) 'SystemRequirements' for Java
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2020-08-01
1.0.5
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2020-07-31 · diff ↗
R
R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2020-01-14
check errors were not corrected in time Detritus with variable names
R
R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
R
R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
0.0.1
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2017-03-22
R
R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

Package metadata

First published: 2017-03-22
Total releases: 2 / 9 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.2.0

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("xlsimple")

Format

Harcum, J., & Leppo, E. W. (n.d.). xlsimple: 'XLConnect' Wrapper (Version 1.0.5) [Computer software]. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=xlsimple

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

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 xlsimple version 1.0.5 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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