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 # readxl (development version)
 
+# readxl 1.5.0
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+* Sheet number in `read_excel()`, `read_xls()`, and `read_xlsx()` can now be negative or infinite to select the sheet counting from the last one (#742, @DanChaltiel).
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 # readxl 1.4.3
 
 This release contains no user-facing changes.