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Re: st: Trouble importing an Excel spreadsheet when the desired sheet is not the first sheet
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Clyde B Schechter <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Trouble importing an Excel spreadsheet when the desired sheet is not the first sheet
Date
Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:38:20 +0000
Aaron Kirkman is having trouble importing a worksheet from an Excel file using -import excel, sheet(...)- when the worksheet he wants is not the first in the file.
It may not turn out to be the problem he is facing, but I have had a similar experience when the name of the worksheet in the Excel file contains a leading or trailing blank or an embedded non-printing character.
Probably the most robust solution is to rename the worksheet, if that is OK in his context. If not, double clicking on the tab at the bottom of the worksheet will highlight the worksheet name. That can then be copied to the clipboard and pasted into the -sheet()- option _between quotes._ That has worked for me in the past.
Hope this helps.
Clyde Schechter
Dept. of Family & Social Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA
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