Expert: George Moustris - 6/15/2008

Question
"Hello Sir

I want to know how can I import one numerical Excel 2007 data sheet to Matlab 2007b.I have tried xlsread order in Matlab space but it warns:



A = xlsread('w5data.xls')

??? XLSREAD unable to open file w5data.xls.

Error using ==> iofunprivatevalidpath

File C:Program FilesMATLAB71workwell15data.xls not found.


Thank you."

Answer
Hi javad,

this error is a path error. The command you issue (xlsread('w5data.xls')) implies that the file  w5data.xls is in the current directory, which drom what i can tell is the default 'work' directory under the matlab root folder. Either provide a full path to the file you want to read e.g. A = xlsread('C:\path_to_file\w5data.xls') or just copy the file to the 'work' folder.

Best
G.