openxlsx2Extras

The goal of openxlsx2Extras is to extend the functionality of the {openxlsx2} R package.

This package is very early stages so expect things to change and break as I learn more about {openxlsx2} and figure out the appropriate design for this package.

Installation

You can install the development version of openxlsx2Extras like so:

pak::pkg_install("elipousson/openxlsx2Extras")

Example

library(openxlsx2)
library(openxlsx2Extras)

As of December 2024, the main types of functions in {openxlsx2Extras} include:

• Wrapper functions for existing {openxlsx2} functions that add some extra features, e.g. wb_save_ext() wraps openxlsx2::wb_save()
• Convenience functions for multiple {openxlsx2} for convenience and more concise code, e.g. openxlsx2Extras::wb_new_workbook() combines openxlsx2::wb_workbook() and openxlsx2::wb_add_worksheet()
• Other functions that support Markdown formatted text (wb_add_marquee_text()), lists of workbooks (map_wb()), lists of data frames (wb_as_df_list()), and coercion of more kinds of objects into spreadsheet-friendly formats (prep_wb_data())

For example, wb_save_ext() allows users to set a filename based on the workbook title:

wb <- wb_workbook(
  title = "Title used for output file"
)

wb <- wb$add_worksheet()

withr::with_tempdir({
  wb_save_ext(wb)
  fs::dir_ls()
})
#> Title used for output file.xlsx

wb_new_workbook() supports creating multiple worksheets in a single function call (recycling additional arguments like tab_color to match the length of sheet_names):

wb_new_workbook(
  title = "Workbook created with wb_new_workbook",
  sheet_names = c("First sheet", "Second sheet"),
  tab_color = c(wb_color("orange"), wb_color("yellow"))
)
#> A Workbook object.
#>  
#> Worksheets:
#>  Sheets: First sheet, Second sheet 
#>  Write order: 1, 2

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