if i have a excel sheet with 1st column containing names and second containing phone numbers(say 10 digit number).how do i read it to matlab ?

i tried using xlsread,but it returns a approximated floating point value.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

In the MATLAB command window give the command

format long g

now display the results of the xlsread() again.

[rashmi am]

thank you.