MATLAB Programming

6 Data Import and Export
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wk1write('matA.wk1', A);
Importing from the File
To import data from the spreadsheet into the MATLAB workspace, use
wk1read. There are three ways to call wk1read. The first two shown here are
similar to wk1write. The third enables you to select a range of values from
the spreadsheet. You can specify the range argument with a one-based vector,
spreadsheet notation (e.g., 'A1..B7'), or using a named range (e.g., 'Sales').
Inputs to wk1read are
• Name of the spreadsheet file
• Spreadsheet location from which to read the data
• Range of cells from which to read the data
Outputs from wk1read are
• Requested data from the spreadsheet
Example — Reading from a WK1 File. Read in a limited block of the
spreadsheet data by specifying the upper-left row and column of the block
using zero-based indexing:
M = wk1read('matA.wk1', 3, 2)
M =
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