createName-methods: Creating names in a workbook

In XLConnect: Excel Connector for R

Creating names in a workbook

Description

Creates a named range for a specified formula in a workbook.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'workbook'
createName(object, name, formula, overwrite, worksheetScope)

Arguments

object	The workbook to use
name	The name of the range to be created
formula	Excel formula specifying the value / data the name refers to
overwrite	If a name with the same name already exists and overwrite = TRUE, then this name is removed first before the new one is created. If a name already exists and overwrite = FALSE, then an exception is thrown. The default value for overwrite is FALSE.
worksheetScope	Optional - specific worksheet the name should be scoped to. If unspecified the name will be scoped to the whole workbook.

Details

Creates a named range called name for the specified formula.

The formula should be specified as you would type it in Excel. Make sure that the worksheets, functions, ... exist that you are referring to in the formula.

The name, formula and overwrite arguments are vectorized such that multiple names can be created in one method call.

Author(s)

Martin Studer
Mirai Solutions GmbH https://mirai-solutions.ch

References

What are named regions/ranges?
https://web.archive.org/web/20240821110221/https://www.officearticles.com/excel/named_ranges_in_microsoft_excel.htm
How to create named regions/ranges?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAE9a0uRtpM

See Also

workbook, removeName, existsName, getDefinedNames,
readNamedRegion, writeNamedRegion

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load workbook (create if not existing)
wb <- loadWorkbook("createName.xlsx", create = TRUE)

# Create a worksheet named 'mtcars'
createSheet(wb, name = "mtcars")

# Create a named region called 'mtcars' on the sheet called 'mtcars'
createName(wb, name = "mtcars", formula = "mtcars!$A$1")

# Write built-in data set 'mtcars' to the above defined named region
writeNamedRegion(wb, mtcars, name = "mtcars")

# Save workbook
saveWorkbook(wb)

# clean up 
file.remove("createName.xlsx")

## End(Not run)

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