Using something faster than xlswrite()?
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I am using xlswrite to save the outputs each time, so this calls to open excel and its consuming a lot of time. Is there any other faster process for this ?
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Star Strider
on 27 Jun 2016
I’m not certain what you’re doing, but I would save the intermediate results to a numeric or cell array, then save the array after the loop in one xlswrite call.
Image Analyst
on 27 Jun 2016
If by "each time" you mean in a loop, yes, that will take forever, except for more modern versions, like R2015b or later. That's each time you call xlswrite() it has to launch Excel, toss in your data, then shut down Excel. Later versions leave Excel running, which is faster (but which causes other problems by the way). So, what version are you running?
Like Star said, a faster way for all versions is to build your cell array only and THEN write a cell array with a single call to xlswrite().
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Image Analyst
on 28 Jun 2016
Edited: Image Analyst
on 28 Jun 2016
So just store b in a 2D array, then call xlswrite
b2d = zeros(6, 10); % Preallocate for speed.
for column = 1 : 10
% Get b
this_b = whatever.....
% Store in 2D array in this column.
b2d(:, column) = this_b;
end
xlswrite(filename, b2d, 'A1');
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