Removing worksheets from workbooks

Removes a worksheet from a workbook.

# S4 method for class 'workbook,character'
removeSheet(object,sheet)
# S4 method for class 'workbook,numeric'
removeSheet(object,sheet)

Arguments

object

The workbook to use

sheet

The name or index of the sheet to remove

Author

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

Note

When removing a worksheet that is the currently active sheet then XLConnect resets the active sheet to the first possible worksheet in the workbook.
Also note that deleting worksheets may result in invalid name references.

See also

workbook, createSheet, existsSheet, getSheets, renameSheet, cloneSheet, setActiveSheet

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# mtcars xlsx file from demoFiles subfolder of package XLConnect
mtcarsFile <- system.file("demoFiles/mtcars.xlsx", package = "XLConnect")

# Load workbook
wb <- loadWorkbook(mtcarsFile)

# Remove the worksheet called 'mtcars' from the above file
removeSheet(wb, sheet = "mtcars")
} # }