ExcelFile = "test.xlsx"; Categories{1}.sheet = "test_1"; Categories{1}.range = "A3:DJ33"; Categories{2}.sheet = "test_2"; Categories{2}.range = "A3:DJ33"; Categories{3}.sheet = "test_3"; Categories{3}.range = "A3:DJ33"; pkg load io; [XLS] = xlsopen (ExcelFile, 0, "OCT"); profile on [rawarr] = xls2oct (XLS, Categories{1}.sheet, Categories{1}.range); [rawarr] = xls2oct (XLS, Categories{2}.sheet, Categories{2}.range); [rawarr] = xls2oct (XLS, Categories{3}.sheet, Categories{3}.range); profile off profshow profile clear [XLS] = xlsclose(XLS,"FORCE");