MATLAB Programming

Working with Spreadsheets
Working with Spreadsheets
YoucanuseMATLABtoimportandexportdatatothefollowingtypesof
spreadsheets:
• “Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets” on page 6-97
• “Lotus 123 Spreadsheets” on page 6-100
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets
This section covers
• “Getting Information About the File” on page 6-97
• “Exporting to the File” on page 6-98
• “Importing from the File” on page 6-99
See the xlsfinfo, xlswrite, andxlsread reference pages for more detailed
information and examples.
Getting Information About the File
Use the xlsfinfo function to determine if a file contains a readable Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet.
Inputs to xlsfinfo are
• Name of the spreadsheet file
Outputs from xlsfinfo are
• String 'Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet' if the file contains an Excel
worksheet readable with the xlsread function. Otherwise, it contains
anemptystring('').
• Cell array of strings containing the names of each worksheet in the file.
Example — Querying an XLS File. This example returns information
about spreadsheet file tempdata.xls:
[type, sheets] = xlsfinfo('tempdata.xls')
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