R Packages

R packages to import/manage data and export results

Packages for managing Excel data

readxl Excel import data. No java dependency. Included in tidyverse package but needs explicit load.

openxls Excel import data. No java dependency. Only for xlsx files.

xlsx Excel import data. It has java dependency.

writexl Export data to Excel. No java dependency. Intended only to export data frames.

janitor Functions to assist with general data tidying tasks

Packages for managing flat files

readr Read rectangular data files (csv, tsv, fwf). Included in tidyverse package.