From: Doug Schwarz on
[top posting repaired]

In article <ht3skm$fj1$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>,
"Brandon Cochenour" <bcochen.removethis(a)nscu.edu> wrote:

> Doug Schwarz <see(a)sig.for.address.edu> wrote in message
> <bseJn.13596$h57.11781(a)newsfe22.iad>...
> > Brandon Cochenour wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > If you do length(data), you get the error message, "Subscript indicies
> > > must either be real positive integers or logicals".
> >
> > You get this error message because you have defined a variable called
> > "length" in your workspace and MATLAB is attempting to index into it
> > with the variable "data". It is not trying to run the length function.
> > You need to remove this variable.
> >
> > You also might find the *third* output variable from xlsread to be
> > useful. Read the help info.
>
> What a bonehead mistake. Indeed...I did let myself define a variable
> "length". I know better!
>
> Boy...I wrote an epic post for all of that....
>
> Regarding your second item...according to the Help...the "raw" output
> variable is not available on Mac (see COM Server Requirements).


But it is! I had to wait until I got home to try it. I just did and
the third output argument works fine.

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