Formatting.R
In openxlsx: Read, Write and Edit xlsx Files

## ----include=TRUE,tidy=TRUE, eval = FALSE,highlight=TRUE----------------------
#  
#  ## data.frame to write
#  df <- data.frame("Date" = Sys.Date()-0:4,
#                   "Logical" = c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE),
#                   "Currency" = paste("$",-2:2),
#                   "Accounting" = -2:2,
#                   "hLink" = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/",
#                   "Percentage" = seq(-1, 1, length.out=5),
#                   "TinyNumber" = runif(5) / 1E9, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
#  
#  class(df$Currency) <- "currency"
#  class(df$Accounting) <- "accounting"
#  class(df$hLink) <- "hyperlink"
#  class(df$Percentage) <- "percentage"
#  class(df$TinyNumber) <- "scientific"
#  
#  ## Formatting can be applied simply through the write functions
#  ## global options can be set to further simplify things
#  options("openxlsx.borderStyle" = "thin")
#  options("openxlsx.borderColour" = "#4F81BD")
#  
#  ## create a workbook and add a worksheet
#  wb <- createWorkbook()
#  addWorksheet(wb, "writeData auto-formatting")
#  
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 2, startCol = 2)
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 9, startCol = 2, borders = "surrounding")
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 16, startCol = 2, borders = "rows")
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 23, startCol = 2, borders ="columns")
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 30, startCol = 2, borders ="all")
#  
#  ## headerStyles
#  hs1 <- createStyle(fgFill = "#4F81BD", halign = "CENTER", textDecoration = "Bold",
#                     border = "Bottom", fontColour = "white")
#  
#  writeData(wb, 1, df, startRow = 16, startCol = 10, headerStyle = hs1,
#            borders = "rows", borderStyle = "medium")
#  
#  ## to change the display text for a hyperlink column just write over those cells
#  writeData(wb, sheet = 1, x = paste("Hyperlink", 1:5), startRow = 17, startCol = 14)
#  
#  
#  ## writing as an Excel Table
#  
#  addWorksheet(wb, "writeDataTable")
#  writeDataTable(wb, 2, df, startRow = 2, startCol = 2)
#  writeDataTable(wb, 2, df, startRow = 9, startCol = 2, tableStyle = "TableStyleLight9")
#  writeDataTable(wb, 2, df, startRow = 16, startCol = 2, tableStyle = "TableStyleLight2")
#  writeDataTable(wb, 2, df, startRow = 23, startCol = 2, tableStyle = "TableStyleMedium21")
#  
#  openXL(wb) ## opens a temp version

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#  
#  # data.frame of dates
#  dates <- data.frame("d1" = Sys.Date() - 0:4)
#  for(i in 1:3) dates <- cbind(dates, dates)
#  names(dates) <- paste0("d", 1:8)
#  
#  ## Date Formatting
#  wb <- createWorkbook()
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Date Formatting", gridLines = FALSE)
#  writeData(wb, 1, dates) ## write without styling
#  
#  ## openxlsx converts columns of class "Date" to Excel dates with the format given by
#  getOption("openxlsx.dateFormat", "mm/dd/yyyy")
#  
#  ## this can be set via (for example)
#  options("openxlsx.dateFormat" = "yyyy/mm/dd")
#  ## custom date formats can be made up of any combination of:
#  ##   d, dd, ddd, dddd, m, mm, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm, yy, yyyy
#  
#  ## numFmt == "DATE" will use the date format specified by the above
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = createStyle(numFmt = "DATE"), rows = 2:11, cols = 1, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  ## some custom date format examples
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "yyyy/mm/dd")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 2, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "yyyy/mmm/dd")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 3, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "yy / mmmm / dd")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 4, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "ddddd")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 5, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "yyyy-mmm-dd")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 6, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "mm/ dd yyyy")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 7, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "mm/dd/yy")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 8, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  setColWidths(wb, 1, cols = 1:10, widths = 23)
#  
#  ## The default date format used in writeData and writeDataTable can be set with:
#  options("openxlsx.dateFormat" = "dd/mm/yyyy")
#  writeData(wb, "Date Formatting", dates, startRow  = 8, borders = "rows")
#  options("openxlsx.dateFormat" = "yyyy-mm-dd")
#  writeData(wb, "Date Formatting", dates, startRow  = 15)
#  
#  saveWorkbook(wb, "Date Formatting.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)
#  

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#  
#  Sys.setenv(TZ = "Australia/Sydney")
#  
#  dateTimes <- data.frame("d1" = Sys.time() - 0:4*10000)
#  for(i in 1:2) dateTimes <- cbind(dateTimes, dateTimes)
#  names(dateTimes) <- paste0("d", 1:4)
#  
#  ## POSIX Formatting
#  wb <- createWorkbook()
#  addWorksheet(wb, "DateTime Formatting", gridLines = FALSE)
#  writeData(wb, 1, dateTimes) ## write without styling
#  
#  ## openxlsx converts columns of class "POSIxt" to Excel datetimes with the format given by
#  getOption("openxlsx.datetimeFormat", "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")
#  
#  ## this can be set via (for example)
#  options("openxlsx.datetimeFormat" = "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss")
#  ## custom datetime formats can be made up of any combination of:
#  ## d, dd, ddd, dddd, m, mm, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm, yy, yyyy, h, hh, m, mm, s, ss, AM/PM
#  
#  ## numFmt == "LONGDATE" will use the date format specified by the above
#  long_date_style <- createStyle(numFmt = "LONGDATE")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = long_date_style, rows = 2:11, cols = 1, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  ## some custom date format examples
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss AM/PM")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 2, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "hh:mm:ss AM/PM")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 3, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  sty <- createStyle(numFmt = "hh:mm:ss")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = sty, rows = 2:11, cols = 4, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  setColWidths(wb, 1, cols = 1:4, widths = 30)
#  
#  ## The default date format used in writeData and writeDataTable can be set with:
#  options("openxlsx.datetimeFormat" = "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")
#  writeData(wb, "DateTime Formatting", dateTimes, startRow  = 8, borders = "rows")
#  
#  options("openxlsx.datetimeFormat" = "hh:mm:ss AM/PM")
#  writeDataTable(wb, "DateTime Formatting", dateTimes, startRow  = 15)
#  
#  saveWorkbook(wb, "DateTime Formatting.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)
#  openXL("DateTime Formatting.xlsx")
#  

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#  
#  wb <- createWorkbook()
#  addWorksheet(wb, "cellIs")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Moving Row")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Moving Col")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Dependent on 1")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Duplicates")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "containsText")
#  addWorksheet(wb, "colourScale", zoom = 30)
#  addWorksheet(wb, "databar")
#  
#  negStyle <- createStyle(fontColour = "#9C0006", bgFill = "#FFC7CE")
#  posStyle <- createStyle(fontColour = "#006100", bgFill = "#C6EFCE")
#  
#  ## rule applies to all each cell in range
#  writeData(wb, "cellIs", -5:5)
#  writeData(wb, "cellIs", LETTERS[1:11], startCol=2)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "cellIs", cols=1, rows=1:11, rule="!=0", style = negStyle)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "cellIs", cols=1, rows=1:11, rule="==0", style = posStyle)
#  
#  ## highlight row dependent on first cell in row
#  writeData(wb, "Moving Row", -5:5)
#  writeData(wb, "Moving Row", LETTERS[1:11], startCol=2)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Moving Row", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="$A1<0", style = negStyle)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Moving Row", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="$A1>0", style = posStyle)
#  
#  ## highlight column dependent on first cell in column
#  writeData(wb, "Moving Col", -5:5)
#  writeData(wb, "Moving Col", LETTERS[1:11], startCol=2)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Moving Col", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="A$1<0", style = negStyle)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Moving Col", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="A$1>0", style = posStyle)
#  
#  ## highlight entire range cols X rows dependent only on cell A1
#  writeData(wb, "Dependent on 1", -5:5)
#  writeData(wb, "Dependent on 1", LETTERS[1:11], startCol=2)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Dependent on 1", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="$A$1<0", style = negStyle)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Dependent on 1", cols=1:2, rows=1:11, rule="$A$1>0", style = posStyle)
#  
#  ## highlight duplicates using default style
#  writeData(wb, "Duplicates", sample(LETTERS[1:15], size = 10, replace = TRUE))
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "Duplicates", cols = 1, rows = 1:10, type = "duplicates")
#  
#  ## cells containing text
#  fn <- function(x) paste(sample(LETTERS, 10), collapse = "-")
#  writeData(wb, "containsText", sapply(1:10, fn))
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "containsText", cols = 1, rows = 1:10, type = "contains", rule = "A")
#  
#  ## colourscale colours cells based on cell value
#  df <- read.xlsx(system.file("readTest.xlsx", package = "openxlsx"), sheet = 4)
#  writeData(wb, "colourScale", df, colNames=FALSE)  ## write data.frame
#  
#  ## rule is a vector or colours of length 2 or 3 (any hex colour or any of colours())
#  ## If rule is NULL, min and max of cells is used. Rule must be the same length as style or NULL.
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "colourScale", cols=1:ncol(df), rows=1:nrow(df),
#     style = c("black", "white"),
#     rule = c(0, 255),
#     type = "colourScale")
#  
#  setColWidths(wb, "colourScale", cols = 1:ncol(df), widths = 1.07)
#  setRowHeights(wb, "colourScale", rows = 1:nrow(df), heights = 7.5)
#  
#  ## Databars
#  writeData(wb, "databar", -5:5)
#  conditionalFormatting(wb, "databar", cols = 1, rows = 1:12, type = "databar") ## Default colours
#  
#  saveWorkbook(wb, "conditionalFormattingExample.xlsx", TRUE)
#  
#  openXL(wb)
#  

## ----include=TRUE,tidy=TRUE, eval = FALSE,highlight=TRUE----------------------
#  
#  options("openxlsx.numFmt" = NULL)
#  wb <- createWorkbook()
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Sheet 1")
#  df <- data.frame(matrix(12.987654321, ncol = 7, nrow = 5)) ## data.frame to write
#  df[ ,6:7] <- df[ ,6:7]*1E6
#  
#  ## Set column 1 class to "comma" to get comma separated thousands
#  class(df$X1) <- "comma"
#  
#  writeData(wb, 1, df)
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "0.0")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 2, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "0.00")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 3, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "0.000")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 4, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "#,##0")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 5, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "#,##0.00")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 6, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  s <- createStyle(numFmt = "$ #,##0.00")
#  addStyle(wb, 1, style = s, rows = 2:6, cols = 7, gridExpand = TRUE)
#  
#  ## set a default number format for numeric columns of data.frames
#  options("openxlsx.numFmt" = "$* #,#0.00")
#  writeData(wb, 1, x = data.frame("Using Default Options" = rep(2345.1235, 5)), startCol = 9)
#  
#  setColWidths(wb, 1, cols = 1:10, widths = 15)
#  
#  ## Using default numFmt to round to 2 dp (Any numeric column will be affected)
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Sheet 2")
#  df <- iris; df[, 1:4] <- df[1:4] + runif(1)
#  writeDataTable(wb, sheet = 2, x = df)
#  writeData(wb, sheet = 2, x = df, startCol = 7)
#  writeData(wb, sheet = 2, x = df, startCol = 13, borders = "rows")
#  
#  ## To stop auto-formatting numerics set
#  options("openxlsx.numFmt" = NULL)
#  addWorksheet(wb, "Sheet 3")
#  writeDataTable(wb, sheet = 3, x = df)
#  
#  openXL(wb)