To be more precise: These seem to be files in XML (Extended Markup Language) format, or a variant thereof, not HTML. This is understood by recent versions of Excel. The "xls" extension is deceptive here!
Maura: You originally wrote "Apparently it is in XLS format (this is the extension of the downloaded file). However, I cannot open it with OpenOffife spreadsheet program and Excel itself cannot separate the columns as it does when a true XLS file is loaded." I had no problem myself opening them with oocalc (the OpenOffice spreadsheet program), and I get a table (which looks just like similar tables I was able to view earlier, in a browser, on the mirWalk website). However, this would not allow me to save/export in (say) CSV format. But, by highlighting and them pasting into a text file, I was then able to convert to CSV format. I shall send the results privately to Maura. Ted. On 25-May-10 12:47:45, Peter Ehlers wrote: > Maura, > > These are html files. Rename the downloaded file(s) to *.html and > open with your favourite browser. Follow links from there. > > -Peter Ehlers > > On 2010-05-25 6:24, mau...@alice.it wrote: >> http://gigamail.rossoalice.alice.it/messages/readMessageFrameset.aspx?D >> eliveryID=ba40cf18-29db-4404-a3ce-af26f760ecf9 >> >> Please, paste the website address above shown in your web browser >> address field. >> Make sure the whole string is pasted with no space or any other >> character. >> Telecom couldn't generate more clumsy website addresses .... Sorry for >> that. >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Maura >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 25-May-10 Time: 14:21:51 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
