read_excel() crashes R session

[ja-ortiz-uniandes]

Before I start thanks to the readxl team, your product is awesome!

Problem:

I have a data set in Excel I'm try to import into R. The file opens without issue. The data starts on the 6th line and I only wanted to import a part of the file so I did:

library(readxl)
read_excel("myfile.xslx", range = "A7:P100")

I immediately get this screen:

Reprex

After downloading the file simply do:

readxl::read_excel(file, range = "A7:P100")

where file is the path.

Expected behavior

1. No session crash
2. Get the data in the A7:P100 range imported into R

[ja-ortiz-uniandes]

I think someone should take a look at this as it could be a critical error.

[jennybc]

Please provide the problematic file as described below.

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[DanChaltiel]

@jennybc I could reproduce a similar crash when trying to select the last sheet with this syntax:

readxl::read_xlsx(path, sheet=Inf)

This reprex appears to crash R.
See standard output and standard error for more details.

Standard output and error

-- nothing to show --

You can use any file, I used the following almost empty dummy table: test.xlsx.