why reading .xls file using xlsread returns empty variables?

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Hello
I have some data in a .xls file. the file content is four colunms. the first row is a header then all others are numbers.
I tried to simply use
[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename)
but it does not return anything
ndata =
[]
text =
0×0 empty cell array
alldata =
1×1 cell array
{[NaN]}
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks!
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Nora Khaled
Nora Khaled on 20 Nov 2020
Thank you!
your comment made me realize the problem.
The problem is the data is not in the first sheet of the .xls file.

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Nora Khaled
Nora Khaled on 20 Nov 2020
The problem is the data is not in the first sheet of the .xls file.
I needed to sort the xls sheets before using
[ndata, text, alldata] = xlsread(filename)
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Peter Perkins
Peter Perkins on 20 Nov 2020
Also, KSSV's recommendation to use readtable instead of xlsread is still worth heeding.
Mathieu NOE
Mathieu NOE on 20 Nov 2020
yes sure
it's because I'm older and I'm always using "old" functions , but I'm improving lately on new stuff

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