RExcel
RExcel is an addin for Microsoft Excel. It allows access to the statistics package R from within Excel.
| Developer(s) | Erich Neuwirth |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.2.9
/ 6 January 2013 |
| Platform | R programming language, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Statistical software, Spreadsheet |
| License | RExcel Noncommercial license or RExcel Commercial license |
| Website | www.statconn.com |
The main features are:
- Data transfer (matrices and data frames) between R and Excel in both directions
- Running R code directly from Excel ranges
- Writing macros calling R to perform calculations without exposing R to the user
- Calling R functions directly from cell formulas, using Excel's autoupdate mechanism to trigger recalculation by R
- Using Excel as a GUI for R, making R functionality accessible through menus and dialog boxes instead of a command line oriented programming style. Using this paradigm, the widely used GUI package R Commander is available as an Excel menu bar.
- Installed using the package RExcelInstaller from CRAN
RExcel works on Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista or 7), with Excel 2003, 2007, 2010, and 2013.[1] It uses the statconnDCOM (available from the same site as RExcel) server and for certain configurations additionally the rcom package (available from CRAN) to access R from within Excel.
References
- "statconn". www.statconn.com.
Bibliography
- Baier T., Neuwirth E., De Meo M: Creating and Deploying an Application with (R)Excel and R R Journal 3/2, December 2011
- Baier T. and Neuwirth. E. Excel :: COM :: R. Computational Statistics 22 (2007)
- Heiberger R. and Neuwirth E. R Through Excel, Springer Verlag 2009.
- Neuwirth, E. R meets the Workplace - Embedding R into Excel and making it more accessible. Paper presented at the UseR 2008, Dortmund
- Narasimhan, B. Disseminating Statistical Methodology and Results via R and Excel: Two Examples. Paper presented at the Interface 2007, Philadelphia
- Baier, T., Heiberger, R., Neuwirth, E., Schinagl, K., & Grossmann, W. Using R for teaching statistics to nonmajors: Comparing experiences of two different approaches. Paper presented at the UseR 2006, Vienna.
- Konnert, A. LabNetAnalysis - An instrument for the analysis of data from laboratory networks based on RExcel Paper presented at the UseR 2006, Vienna.
External links
- RExcelInstaller at CRAN
- RExcel's web site has a master installer RandFriendsSetup which installs R, many R packages, RExcel, and the infrastructure needed to run RExcel (rscproxy, rcom, the statconnDCOM server)
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