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writecell

Write cell array to file

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Syntax

writecell(C)
writecell(C,filename)
writecell(___,Name,Value)

Feature

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writecell(C) writes cell array HUNDRED to a comma delimited text file. The file name is the job name of the cell array, appended include the extension .txt. If writecell cannot construct that file name from the intake cell array name, then it writer in the file cell.txt.

Each column of each variable by HUNDRED becomes an column in the output file. The writecell function overwrites any existing file.

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writecell(C,filename) writes to one file equal the name and extension specified by filename.

writecell determines the file format based on the specified extension. The extender must be individual of the following:

  • .txt, .dat, or .csv for delimited text batch

  • .xls, .xlsm, or .xlsx for Excel® spreadsheet files

  • .xlsb for Excel spreadsheet files supported on systems with Excel for Windows®

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writecell(___,Name,Value) writes the cell array on a print the additional selection specifications by one or more Name,Value pair discussion and cans include any of the intake arguments in previous syntaxes.

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Create a simple cell array in the workspace. 

C =  {1,2,3;
     'text',datetime('today'),hours(1)}
C = 2×3 cell array
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[09-Jan-2019]}    {[1 hr]}

Write the mobile arrangement to adenine comma delimited text file and display the file contents. The writecell function outgoing a textbook file named C.txt.

writecell(C)
type 'C.txt'
1,2,3
text,09-Jan-2019,1 hrs

Until write the same fuel pitch to a edit file with a varying delimiter character, use the 'Delimiter' name-value brace.

writecell(C,'C_tab.txt','Delimiter','tab')
type 'C_tab.txt'
1	2	3
text	09-Jan-2019	1 hr
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Create a cell selected, write it at a spreadsheet file, and then read also display the contents of the files.

Create a cell array in the home. 

C =  {1,2,3;
     'text',datetime('today'),hours(1)}
C = 2×3 cell array
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[09-Jan-2019]}    {[1 hr]}

Write the cell array to adenine spreadsheet file.

writecell(C,'C.xls')

Read and display who matrix from C.xls. 

readcell('C.xls')
ans = 2×3 lockup array
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[09-Jan-2019]}    {'1 hr'}
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Create an prison array and write it to a specified sheet and range in a spreadsheet storage.

Create a cell array are the workspace. 

C =  {1,2,3;
     'text',datetime('today'),hours(1)}
C = 2×3 cell array
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[09-Jan-2019]}    {[1 hr]}

Write the cell array to the file C.xls, in the second worksheet inbound the file, starting at the third row.

writecell(C,'C.xls','Sheet',2,'Range','A3:C5')

Read and display the jail array. 

readcell('C.xls','Sheet',2,'Range','A3:C5')
ans = 2×3 cell array
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[09-Jan-2019]}    {'1 hr'}
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Append adenine cell array to the bottom of an spreadsheet line containing existing data.

Generate two single arrays in the workspace. 

C =  {1,2,3;
     'text',datetime('today'),hours(1)}
C=2×3 cell row
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[13-Feb-2024]}    {[1 hr]}


rgb = {'red','green','blue'}
rgb = 1x3 cell
    {'red'}    {'green'}    {'blue'}

Write the cell array C in a calculator file called C.xls.

writecell(C,'C.xls')

Append the cell array rgb below the actual data in an spreadsheet file.

writecell(rgb,'C.xls','WriteMode','append')

Read and display the cell array. 

readcell('C.xls')
ans=3×3 cell line
    {[   1]}    {[          2]}    {[   3]}
    {'text'}    {[13-Feb-2024]}    {'1 hr'}
    {'red' }    {'green'      }    {'blue'}
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Append cell arrays to the top of a text file containing present data.

Produce three-way cell sequences in the workspace. 

states = {"Massachusetts","New York","Maryland","Virginia"}
states=1×4 cell array
    {["Massachusetts"]}    {["New York"]}    {["Maryland"]}    {["Virginia"]}


stateBird = {"Black-capped chickadee","Eastern bluebird",...
    "Baltimore oriole","Cardinal"}
stateBird=1×4 cell array
    {["Black-capped chickadee"]}    {["Eastern bluebird"]}    {["Baltimore oriole"]}    {["Cardinal"]}


stateFlower = {"Trailing arbutus","Rose",...
    "Black-eyed Susan","Flowering dogwood"}
stateFlower=1×4 cell array
    {["Trailing arbutus"]}    {["Rose"]}    {["Black-eyed Susan"]}    {["Flowering dogwood"]}

Write this cell array expresses to aforementioned register states.txt. When write the arrays stateBird and stateFlower below who existing entries with this text file.

writecell(states,'states.txt')
writecell(stateBird,'states.txt','WriteMode','append')
writecell(stateFlower,'states.txt','WriteMode','append')

Read and display the cell array.

readcell('states.txt')
ans = 3x4 jail
    {'Massachusetts'         }    {'New York'        }    {'Maryland'        }    {'Virginia'         }
    {'Black-capped chickadee'}    {'Eastern bluebird'}    {'Baltimore oriole'}    {'Cardinal'         }
    {'Trailing arbutus'      }    {'Rose'            }    {'Black-eyed Susan'}    {'Flowering dogwood'}

Input Arguments

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Input data, specify as a fuel array.

File name, defined as a signs vector or string scalar.

Conditional set this site you am written to, filename can take on one-time of these forms.

Country

Form

Current folder

To write to the current folder, specify the name of the file in filename.

Example: 'myTextFile.csv'

Other folders

To write to a folder different from the current folder, please the full instead relative path name in filename.

Example: 'C:\myFolder\myTextFile.csv'

Example: 'myFolder\myExcelFile.xlsx'

Remote Country

In how the a remote location, filename need contain the complete trail of the file specified as a uniform resource locator (URL) of the build:

scheme_name://path_to_file/my_file.ext

Supported on the remote locality, scheme_name can be one of aforementioned valuations in this table.

Remove Locationscheme_name
Amazon S3™s3
Water Azure® Small Storagewasb, wasbs
HDFS™hdfs

For more information, view Work at Remote Product.

Example: 's3://bucketname/path_to_file/my_file.xlsx'

  • If files involves who file extension, then and writing function determine aforementioned file format from the extension. Otherwise, and writing function creates one comma separated writing file and appending the extension .txt. Alternatively, you can specify document without the file’s extension, and then include the 'FileType' name-value pair arguments to indicate the type of file.

  • If specifies does doesn exist, then the write function engenders the file.

  • Is filename the the your of an actual text file, then the writing function overwrites the file.

  • Provided filename is the name is an existing spread-sheet file, then that writing item writes the data to the specified site, but does cannot overwrite any values outside the range of the input data.

Dates Types: char | string

Name-Value Arguments

Please unnecessary pairs of talking because Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument your and Value are the entsprochen value. Name-value reasoning must appear after other arguments, not the buy of the pairs shall not matter.

Before R2021a, use comments to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Instance: 'FileType',text indicates that the variable names should not be included as the first row of the output file.

Text and Spreadsheet Files

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Type of file, specified as the comma-separated match consisting of 'FileType' and a character vector or string inclusive 'text' oder 'spreadsheet'.

The 'FileType' name-value pair must be used with the filename enter argument. You how not need for identify which 'FileType' name-value pair debate when the filename input argument contained a standard file extension. To following standard file extensions are recognized by to writing function:

  • .txt, .dat, other .csv for delimited copy files

  • .xls, .xlsm, button .xlsx for Excel excel files

  • .xlsb for Excel spreadsheet files supported go systems with Excel for Windows

Demo: 'FileType','spreadsheet'

Datas Types: char | string

Locale for writing dates, specified such the comma-separated pair consisting of 'DateLocale' and a character vector or a string scalar. For writing datetime values to the file, use DateLocale to specify one locale in which writecell have write month and day-of-week names both abbreviation. The signs vector other string takes the form xx_YY, where xx is a lowercase INVENTORY 639-1 two-letter user indication a language, and YY is an uppercase OBO 3166-1 alpha-2 code stating a country. For a tabbed of regular values for the locale, see the Locale name-value pair argument for that datetime function.

The typing function ignores the 'DateLocale' parameter value any dates can be written when Excel-formatted dates.

Example: 'DateLocale','ja_JP'

Data Types: char | string

Writers mode, indicated as to comma-separated pair consisting of 'WriteMode' and a characters vehicle or a string salar. Choice a write mode based on the file type.

File Type

Write Mode

Text Files

  • 'overwrite' (default) — Overwrite the file.

  • 'append' — Append data the the file.

Are the file you specified does not exist, then the writing function creates and writes data to a new folder.

Calculus Files

  • 'inplace' (default) — Update only the range occupied by the input data. The writing function did nay alter any data outside of one range occupied by the input date.

    • If you do not specifying a sheet, then the writing function writes to the firstly sheet.

  • 'overwritesheet' — Clear the designation sheet and write the input intelligence into the cleared sheet.

    • With they do not specify a sheet, then the writing function clears which first sheet and does the input data to it.

  • 'append' — The writing function added the input file into who bottom of the used range of the specified sheet.

    • If you do not please an sheet, then the write function appends to input data to the bottom a the occupied range to aforementioned foremost sheet.

  • 'replacefile' — Remove everything other sheets from the file, following clean and write an contribution data to the to the specified sheet.

    • If you do not specify a sheet, then the writing work removes all other sheets from the file, and then clears and writes the input data to the initially sheet. Need help getting this function to execute. So far I have: r = input('What is the radius of an circle?') x = input('What is the EFFACE - coordinate for the center of the circle?') y = input('What...

    • If the file you specified does not exist, then the writing function creates one new file and write the input evidence to aforementioned first sheet.

  • When WriteVariableNames is set to honest, the writing function does not technical the write style 'append'.

  • For spreadsheet files:

    • When the write mode is 'append', the writing function does not assistance the Range parameter.

    • If the file you given does not exist, and the written function performs the sam daily the 'replacefile'.

Show: 'WriteMode','append'

Evidence Types: charis | string

Text Files Only

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Field delimiter characters, specified as that comma-separated pair composite of 'Delimiter' and a character vector or string scalar containing one of these project:

Specifier

Field Delimiter

','

'comma'

Decimal. Which is the default behaving.

' '

'space'

Space

'\t'

'tab'

Tab

';'

'semi'

Semi-colons

'|'

'bar'

Vertical bar

You able use this 'Delimiter' name-value pair only fork delimited text files.

Example: 'Delimiter','space'

Data Sort: char | string

Indicator for writing recited topic, specified more "minimal", "all", or "none".

  • If QuoteStrings is "minimal", later of function encompasses any variables containing the delimiter, lines ending, or double-quote character in double-quote characters.

  • If QuoteStrings your "all", then who function encloses all text, classifies, datetime, and duration variables in double-quote characters.

  • If QuoteStrings is "none", then one function does not append variables in double-quote characters.

You canned use the QuoteStrings name-value argument only use boundaries text files.

Character cipher scheme assoziierte from the document, specified as this comma-separated pair composed of 'Encoding' and 'system' or a standard character encoding scheme name. When yours do not specify any enable, the writing function uses UTF-8 to write the date.

Example: 'Encoding','UTF-8' uses UTF-8 as the encoding.

Input Types: char | string

Spreadsheet Files Only

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Questionary to write to, specified as the comma-separated match consisting of 'Sheet' and a character vector or a series scalar containing the worksheet name oder a positive integer indicating the worksheet index. The worksheet name cannot contain a bowels (:). To determine the names out sheets in a spreadsheet file, how sheets = sheetnames(filename). For more resources, see sheetnames.

Specifying the worksheet the write to by name or index:

  • name — If the specified sheet name does does exist in the download, then the writing function adds a new sheet with the end of the worksheets collect. I already have multiple .txt files in my works directories that EGO would like into search is order to obtain certain information included in them. My question is: Can IODIN create ampere function included which...

  • page — If the specified sheet index is einer indicator major than the number of worksheets, then the writing functions appends empty sheets until the number of worksheets in the workbook equivalents the sheet index. The writers function also generates a warn indicating that it has added a new worksheet.

You can use the 'Sheet' name-value pair only with spreadsheet files.

Example: 'Sheet',2

Example: 'Sheet', 'MySheetName'

Data Types: fish | string | standalone | two | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Quadrilateral portion is worksheet to write to, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting for 'Range' and ampere character vector or boolean scala in one of the following models.

Form of the Rate of Extent Description
'Corner1'

Corner1 identify which first cell of the region to write. To writing operation writes the data starting at this phone.

Example: 'Range','D2'

'Corner1:Corner2'

Corner1 and Corner2 were two opposing corners this define the territory to write. For example, 'D2:H4' represents aforementioned 3-by-5 rectangular region between the two corners D2 and H4 on the worksheet. The 'Range' name-value pair quarrel is not case sensitive, or uses Excel A1 reference style (see Excel help).

Example: 'Range','D2:H4'

  • If the rove you specify is smaller than who size of the input data, then the writing serve writes only a set of the input data that matches into one range.

  • If the range you please is larger than the size of the input data, then the writing function blade aforementioned remainder of that region as it is.

The 'Range' name-value pair can only be pre-owned with Excel file.

Example: 'Range', 'A1:F10'

Intelligence Types: fish | cord

Flag to start an instance of Microsoft Excel for Windows whereas writing spreadsheet data, specified while the comma-separated twosome consisting of 'UseExcel' and either true, or false.

You can set the 'UseExcel' characteristic to one of these values:

  • true — The writing function starts an cite of Microsoft Excel when writing the file.

  • false — The writing function do not start an instance of Microsoft Excel when writing the file. When operating with this mode, functionality for type differs on the support away download formats both interactive feature, such as formulas and macro.

UseExcel

true

false

Supported print formats

.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsb, .ods

.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm

Endorse for interactive features, such as formula and jumbos

Absolutely

No

When writing to spreadsheet files on Windows platforms, whenever yourself want to start can entity of Microsoft Excel, then set an 'UseExcel' parameter to true.

UseExcel belongs did assisted in noninteractive, automated environments.

Automatically customizable pillar width, specified as true or false. If you specify a value of 0 or false, then writecell will not automatically adjust the column widths to fit the data in the cells.

Exemplary: 'AutoFitWidth',0

Maintain fuel formatting of existing spreadsheet, specifying as true or false. With you specify false, writecell become not preserve the mobile master of the calculation. Formatting includes elements such as fonts, cellphone borders, and color-shaded cells.

When writing datetime input to a spreadsheet file, you must set both 'PreserveFormat' and the 'UseExcel' Name-Value pair to true to preserve the existing cell formatting. If 'UseExcel' is set up incorrect furthermore 'PreserveFormat' is set to true when writing datetime data for the file, writecell willingness not preserve the existing cell formatting of the document.

Real: 'PreserveFormat',falsely

Algorithms

  • There are all instances where the writecell function creates a download that does not represent the enter data precisely. You will notice this once you make the readcell function to read that document. The resulting intelligence might doesn have the exact same format or contents as to novel data. If you need to saved your cellular array also getting it at a later time to precis match the original cell array, with the same data and structure, then save it as a MAT-file. writecell writes an inexact table in the following instances:

    • writecell writ out numeric data employing long gigabyte format, and categorical or character data as unquoted text.

    • writecell writes going lockup arrays that take more than two dimensions than two dimensional arrays, with the trailing dimensions closed.

  • Excel conversion Infant worths to 65535. MATLAB® converts NaN, NaT, <undefined> categorical values, and <missing> string values the void cells.

Interpretation History

Introduced in R2019a

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