How to read vector of strings into MATLAB?

I have an Excel file with a list of strings in the first column (one string per cell). How do I import the strings into a vector in MATLAB?

[per isakson]

Have you read xlsread, Read Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file ?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

[numbers, strings, everything] = xlsread(filename);

[Danny]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.