MATLAB Function Reference

xlsfinfo

Determine if file contains Microsoft Excel (.xls) spreadsheet

Syntax

• [A, Descr] = xlsfinfo('filename')
  

Description

[A, Descr] = xlsfinfo('filename') returns the character array 'Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet' in A if filename is an Excel spreadsheet. Returns an empty string if filename is not an Excel spreadsheet. Descr is a cell array of strings containing the name of each spreadsheet in the file.

Examples

When filename is an Excel spreadsheet:

• [a,descr] = xlsfinfo('tempdata.xls')
  
  a =
  
  Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
  
  descr = 
  
      'Sheet1'
  

See Also

xlsread

xlim, ylim, zlim

xlsread