README.txt

README for roo

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Installation:

    sudo gem install roo

Usage:

    require 'roo'

    sob = Openoffice("myspreadsheet.ods")              # creates an Openoffice Spreadsheet instance
    sob = Excel("myspreadsheet.xls")                   # creates an Excel Spreadsheet instance
    sob = Google("myspreadsheetkey_at_google")         # creates an Google Spreadsheet instance

    sob.default_sheet = sob.sheets.first               # first sheet in the spreadsheet file will be used
    sob.cell(1,1)                                      # returns the content of the first row/first cell in the sheet
    sob.cell('A',1)                                    # same cell

    sob.info                                           # prints infos about the spreadsheet file

    sob.first_row                                      # the number of the first row
    sob.last_row                                       # the number of the last row
    sob.first_column                                   # the number of the first column
    sob.last_column                                    # the number of the last column

see roo.rubyforge.org for a more complete tutorial