incomplete final line found by readTableHeader

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Hi, I need your support concerning the following error

In read.table("C:/Users/canu/Documents/R/MS_Toolbox_Daniela/MS_Toolbox_Daniela/vs_TD/Sample_Report_V0100011.xls", :
incomplete final line found by readTableHeader on 'C:/Users/canu/Documents/R/MS_Toolbox_Daniela/MS_Toolbox_Daniela/vs_TD/Sample_Report_V0100011.xls'

This error comes when I try to open a .xls file on which I have previously worked on (filtered data out, reoved some columns etc).

Options like Place the cursor the end of that line, press enter, copy-paste and then save in another .xls file have not worked.

Any help?

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can you use Excel to mock up a fake tiny xls file that reproduces the error when you read.table it in R ?

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I am not sure how to do that...

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can you take your sample_report_v... and delete almost all the rows, and still face the problem ?

I'm really asking whats the smallest amount of copy and paste you can do that still demonstrates the problem ?

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problem persists even when I delete almost all rows (just let 3 rows).

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Is the data public enough that you would be permitted to share this small file with us ?

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I can do it (but I am not allowed to upload a .xls file)

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I found that the forum does support the uploading of arbitrary files if the file is renamed to an extension it tolerates (and doesnt investigate, i.e. pdf)

https://forum.posit.co/t/fitting-lmer-model-help/52160/12?u=nirgrahamuk

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Sample_Report__V0100031.xls.pdf (3.9 MB)

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I see a lot more than 3 records my friend :slight_smile:
No harm though, I found the issue.
read.table is good for reading in csv's not xls files, which are complex binaries.
You will need a package, I recommend readxl

install.packages("readxl")       # <-- only need to run this once in your console, not in your script
library(readxl)
readxl::read_xls("Sample_Report__V0100031.xls"  )
# A tibble: 20,776 x 11
   Session_Name_ Trial_Index_ TIMESTAMP LEFT_GAZE_X LEFT_GAZE_Y RIGHT_GAZE_X RIGHT_GAZE_Y RESOLUTION_X RESOLUTION_Y LEFT_INTEREST_A~
   <chr>                <dbl> <chr>     <chr>       <chr>       <chr>        <chr>        <chr>        <chr>        <chr>           
 1 V0100031                 5 1859620,~ 985,90      569,70      950,00       555,20       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 2 V0100031                 5 1859621,~ 986,10      569,30      950,00       555,30       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 3 V0100031                 5 1859622,~ 986,20      569,20      950,00       555,30       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 4 V0100031                 5 1859623,~ 986,30      569,00      949,90       555,40       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 5 V0100031                 5 1859624,~ 986,30      568,90      949,80       555,80       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 6 V0100031                 5 1859625,~ 986,40      568,80      949,70       556,30       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 7 V0100031                 5 1859626,~ 986,50      569,00      949,80       556,70       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 8 V0100031                 5 1859627,~ 986,40      569,20      950,00       557,30       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
 9 V0100031                 5 1859628,~ 986,10      569,50      950,20       558,10       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
10 V0100031                 5 1859629,~ 985,90      569,60      950,20       558,90       60,10        60,20        RECTANGLE_INTER~
# ... with 20,766 more rows, and 1 more variable: RIGHT_INTEREST_AREA_LABEL <chr>
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I know that option but whenever I used read_xls I got the error

libxls error: Unable to open file

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ok, can you run the code you have to the point of error (trying readxl approach).
Share here the failing code line, and then share the output from sessionInfo() please ?

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