OK! Thanks for the help with this!! I really appreciate it!!
"Phil Goddard" <phil@goddardconsulting.ca> wrote in message <k85tq6$hi0$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
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> I executed
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> [num,txt] = xlsread('StockSymbols.xls');
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> and noticed that txt only had one row in it => no dates.
> Then I opened the Excel file (in Excel not MATLAB) and confirmed that there are no dates represented as text.
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> Phil.![]()
"Phil Goddard" <phil@goddardconsulting.ca> wrote in message <k85tq6$hi0$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
>
> I executed
>
> [num,txt] = xlsread('StockSymbols.xls');
>
> and noticed that txt only had one row in it => no dates.
> Then I opened the Excel file (in Excel not MATLAB) and confirmed that there are no dates represented as text.
>
> Phil.