User`s guide

Data Import and Export
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num =
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
txt =
'A' 'A'
'B' 'B'
'C' 'C'
'D' 'D'
'E' 'E'
In R2011b and earlier, the command returned:
num =
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
txt =
'' '' '' 'A' 'A'
'' '' '' 'B' 'B'
'' '' '' 'C' 'C'
'' '' '' 'D' 'D'
'' '' '' 'E' 'E'
When reading XLS files, you can use the 'basic' flag to reproduce the pre-R2012a
output:
[num,txt] = xlsread('filename.xls',Sheet,'','basic');
Authentication, user name, and password inputs for urlread and
urlwrite functions
The urlread and urlwrite functions accept the following optional name-value pair
arguments.