User`s guide

Data Import and Export
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Data Import and Export
Data import from delimited and fixed-width text files using Import Tool
The Import Tool now allows you to preview data in delimited and fixed-width text files
and select ranges of data to import. You also can define rules for handling nonnumeric
values, and import data as column vectors, a matrix, a cell array, or a dataset array, in a
single step. This tool opens instead of the Import Wizard for text files.
For more information, watch this video.
Single-step import of numbers, text, and dates as column vectors from a
spreadsheet with Import Tool
The Import Tool now allows you to import columns of numeric data, text, and dates from
spreadsheets as multiple column vectors in one step. Previously, this functionality was
available for numeric data only.
audioread and audioinfo functions for reading MP3, MPEG-4 AAC,
WAVE, and other audio files
The audioread and audioinfo functions read and provide information about MP3,
MPEG-4 AAC, WAVE, OGG, and FLAC files on all platforms.
audioread is a drop-in replacement for the most common forms of wavread and
auread. In most cases where you use wavread or auread, you can rename instances of
these functions to audioread.
audiowrite function for writing MPEG-4 AAC, WAVE, and other audio
files
The audiowrite function writes data to WAVE, OGG, and FLAC files on all platforms.
audiowrite writes data to MPEG-4 AAC files on Windows and Mac platforms.
audiowrite is a drop-in replacement for the most common forms of wavwrite. In
most cases where you use wavwrite, you can rename instances of this function to
audiowrite.