RExcel

RExcel is an addin for Microsoft Excel. It allows access to the statistics package R from within Excel.

RExcel
Developer(s)Erich Neuwirth
Stable release
3.2.9 / 6 January 2013 (2013-01-06)
PlatformR programming language, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows
TypeStatistical software, Spreadsheet
LicenseRExcel Noncommercial license or RExcel Commercial license
Websitewww.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

  1. "statconn". www.statconn.com.

Bibliography

  • 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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