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MLPutRanges

Send data in Microsoft Excel named ranges to MATLAB

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Syntax

= MLPutRanges()
MLPutRanges
out = MLPutRanges()

Description

= MLPutRanges() writes the named cell ranges in a Microsoft® Excel® worksheet into MATLAB® variables. The variables are named with the same name specified by the cell range name in Microsoft Excel. To use this syntax, right-click in any Microsoft Excel cell, enter this syntax, and press Enter.

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MLPutRanges writes the named cell ranges in a Microsoft Excel worksheet into MATLAB variables. The variables are named with the same name specified by the cell range name in Microsoft Excel. Use this syntax when working directly in a Microsoft Visual Basic® macro.

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out = MLPutRanges() returns the named cell ranges in a Microsoft Excel worksheet into MATLAB variables. The variables are named with the same name specified by the cell range name in Microsoft Excel. In this case, out specifies whether the MLPutRanges function executed successfully. Use this syntax when working directly in a Microsoft Visual Basic macro.

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Examples

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Enter the values 1 through 5 in cells A1 through E1.

Define a name for a range of cells from cell A1 through cell E1. For instructions about defining names, see Excel Help and enter the search term: define and use names in formulas.

The name of the range of cells testData appears in the Name Box.

Worksheet cells A1 through E1 contain numbers 1 through 5 and the Name Box contains the name testData.

To send data in the named range in the current worksheet to MATLAB, execute the function inside a worksheet cell by entering this text.

= MLPutRanges()

Worksheet cell A2 contains the entered text.

After pressing Enter, Microsoft Excel exports the named range testData to the MATLAB variable testData in the MATLAB workspace.

Command Window and Workspace browser show the values of testData.

Call the function to send data in the named ranges in the current worksheet to MATLAB.

MLPutRanges

Call the function to send data in the named ranges in the current worksheet to MATLAB.

out = MLPutRanges()

out returns 0 if the function succeeded or a string with the corresponding error code if the function failed.

Output Arguments

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Status for execution of MLPutRanges, returned as 0 if the function succeeded, or a string containing an error code.

Tips

  • To work with VBA code in Excel with Spreadsheet Link™, you must enable Spreadsheet Link as a reference in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor. For details, see Installation.

Version History

Introduced in R2013b

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