can use xlswrite in for loop without overwriting?

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i need to write values of every iteration from loop and get saved in excel file one by one order..its like appending..is it possible in matlab?
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SANDEEP KUMAR
SANDEEP KUMAR on 20 Jun 2018
Edited: SANDEEP KUMAR on 20 Jun 2018
Yes it is possible. follow the code, Here objective is writing these variables value in excel sheet.%%CODE START FROM HERE%%
x1=[1,2,3,4,5]; x2=[5,6,7,8,9];
for ii=1:5 X1=x1(1,ii); X2=x2(1,ii); filename = 'Results.xlsx'; Variables= {X1,X2}; sheet = 1; xlRange= sprintf( 'A%s',num2str(ii) ); xlswrite(filename,Variables,sheet,xlRange) end %% Arranging row wise
Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 20 Jun 2018
Sandeep, can you put your answer (to this 5 year old question) down in the Answers section below (so you can get credit for it)? Though please format your code first.

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David Sanchez
David Sanchez on 13 Aug 2013
With xlswrite, you can define the cell where your data will be written, like in the following example, that write mixed text and numeric data to testdata2.xls, starting at cell E1 of Sheet1:
d = {'Time','Temperature'; 12,98; 13,99; 14,97};
xlswrite('testdata2.xls', d, 1, 'E1')
Change the destination cell dynamically in your for-loop. Example:
for k=1:20
x = rand;
my_cell = sprintf( 'A%s',num2str(k) );
xlswrite('my_xls.xls',x,my_cell);
end
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Anand Ganesan
Anand Ganesan on 6 Apr 2020
To get it to write into one column:
for k=1:3
x = rand;
my_cell = sprintf( 'A%s',num2str(k) )
my_cell=[my_cell ':' my_cell];
xlswrite('my_xls.xls',x,my_cell);
end
for k=1:3
x=rand
my_cell=sprintf('A%s,num2str(k)')
my_cell=[my_cell ':' my_cell]
xlswrite('my_xls.xls',x,my_cell)
end

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 13 Aug 2013
Edited: Image Analyst on 20 Jun 2018
You definitely don't want to use xlswrite() in a loop of more than about 3 iterations unless you are willing to wait forever. Use xlswrite1() in the File Exchange, where you can use ActiveX - it will be so much faster.
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 14 Aug 2013
Yes it can, if you specify different destination cells. If you specify cells with entries in them already then, of course, those would get overwritten. The problem with your code is that you are not specifying the destination cell(s) location in the workbook so they all get written starting at cell A1 - the upper left.
sandy
sandy on 14 Aug 2013
I use s (k,:) instead of s in my code..showing error as, variable s appears to change size on every loop iteration.consider preallocating for speed..how to come over this error...?

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