MATLAB Programming

Overview
• Linear audio signals
Spreadsheets
YoucanuseMATLABtoimportandexportdatatothefollowingtypesof
spreadsheets:
• Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
• Lotus 123 spreadsheets
Data from the System Clipboard
Using the Import Wizard or the clipboard function, you can temporarily hold
string data on your system’s clipboard, and then paste it back into MATLAB.
Information from the Internet
From your MATLAB session, you can
• Send e-mail
• Download from the Internet
• Compress (zip) and decompress (unzip) files
• Connect to an FTP server to perform remote file operations
Other MATLAB I/O Capabilities
• “Using the Import Wizard” on page 6-5
• “Mapping Files to Memory” on page 6-6
• “Reading Files with Large Data Sets” on page 6-6
• “Low-Level File I/O” on page 6-6
• “Importing Data with Toolboxes” on page 6-7
Using the Import Wizard
The Import Wizard is a graphical user interface that simplified the process
of locating and loading various types of data files into MATLAB. You do not
need to know the format of the data to use this tool. You simply specify the
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