## Copyright (C) 2009-2015 by Philip Nienhuis
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} [@var{numarr}, @var{txtarr}, @var{rawarr}, @var{limits}] = xlsread (@var{filename})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} [@var{numarr}, @var{txtarr}, @var{rawarr}, @var{limits}] = xlsread (@var{filename}, @var{wsh})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} [@var{numarr}, @var{txtarr}, @var{rawarr}, @var{limits}] = xlsread (@var{filename}, @var{range})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} [@var{numarr}, @var{txtarr}, @var{rawarr}, @var{limits}] = xlsread (@var{filename}, @var{wsh}, @var{range})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} [@var{numarr}, @var{txtarr}, @var{rawarr}, @var{limits}] = xlsread (@var{filename}, @var{wsh}, @var{range}, @var{reqintf})
##
## Read data contained in range @var{range} from worksheet @var{wsh}
## in Excel spreadsheet file @var{filename}. Gnumeric files can also
## be read.
##
## Return argument @var{numarr} contains the numeric data, optional
## return arguments @var{txtarr} and @var{rawarr} contain text strings
## and the raw spreadsheet cell data, respectively. Return argument
## @var{limits} contains the outer column/row numbers of the read
## spreadsheet range where @var{numarr}, @var{txtarr} and @var{rawarr}
## have come from (remember, xlsread trims outer rows and columns).
##
## If @var{filename} does not contain any directory, the file is
## assumed to be in the current directory. The filename extension
## (.xls or .xlsx) must be included in the file name; when using the
## COM interface all file formats can be read that are supported by the
## locally installed MS-Excel version (e.g., wk1, csv, dbf, .xlsm, etc.).
## The same holds for UNO (OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice).
##
## @var{range} is expected to be a regular spreadsheet range format,
## or "" (empty string, indicating all data in a worksheet).
## If no range is specified the occupied cell range will have to be
## determined behind the scenes first; this can take some time for the
## Java-based interfaces (but the results may be more reliable than
## that of ActiveX/COM).
##
## @var{wsh} is either numerical or text; in the latter case it is
## case-sensitive and it may be max. 31 characters long.
## Note that in case of a numerical @var{wsh} this number refers to the
## position in the worksheet stack, counted from the left in an Excel
## window. The default is numerical 1, i.e. corresponding to the
## leftmost worksheet tab in the spreadsheet file.
##
## If only the first argument is specified, xlsread will try to read
## all contents (as if a range of @'' (empty string) was specified)
## from the first = leftmost (or the only) worksheet
##
## If only two arguments are specified, xlsread assumes the second
## argument to be @var{range} if it is a string argument and contains
## a ":" or if it is @'' (empty string), and in those cases assumes
## the data must be read from the first worksheet (not necessarily
## Sheet1! but the leftmost sheet).
##
## However, if only two arguments are specified and the second argument
## is numeric or a text string that does not contain a ":", it is
## assumed to be @var{wsh} and to refer to a worksheet. In that case
## xlsread tries to read all data contained in that worksheet.
##
## The optional last argument @var{reqintf} can be used to override
## the automatic interface selection by xlsread out of the supported
## ones: COM/Excel, Java/Apache POI, Java/JExcelAPI, Java/OpenXLS,
## Java/UNO (OpenOffice.org), or native Octave (in that -built in-
## order of preference).
## For I/O to/from .xlsx files a value of 'com', 'poi', 'uno', or 'oct'
## must be specified for @var{reqintf} (see help for xlsopen). For
## Excel'95 files use 'com', or if Excel is not installed use 'jxl',
## 'basic' or 'uno'. POI can't read Excel'95 but will try to fall back
## to JXL. As @var{reqintf} can also be a cell array of strings, one
## can select or exclude one or more interfaces.
## In addition the OCT interface offers .gnumeric read support.
##
## Erroneous data and empty cells are set to NaN in @var{numarr} and
## turn up empty in @var{txtarr} and @var{rawarr}. Date/time values in
## Excel are returned as numerical values in @var{numarr}. Note that
## Excel and Octave have different date base values (epoch; 1/1/1900 &
## 1/1/0000, resp.). When using the COM interface, spreadsheet date
## values lying before 1/1/1900 are returned as strings, formatted as
## they appear in the spreadsheet. The returned date format for other
## interfaces depend on interface type and support SW version.
## @var{numarr} and @var{txtarr} are trimmed from empty outer rows
## and columns. Be aware that Excel does the same for @var{rawarr},
## so any returned array may turn out to be smaller than requested in
## @var{range}. Use the fourth return argument @var{LIMS} for info on the
## cell ranges your date came from.
##
## When reading from merged cells, all array elements NOT corresponding
## to the leftmost or upper Excel cell will be treated as if the
## "corresponding" Excel cells are empty.
##
## xlsread is just a wrapper for a collection of scripts that find out
## the interface to be used (COM, Java/POI, Java/JXL Java/OXS, Java/UNO,
## OCT) and do the actual reading. For each call to xlsread the interface
## must be started and the Excel file read into memory. When reading
## multiple ranges (in optionally multiple worksheets) a significant speed
## boost can be obtained by invoking those scripts directly as in:
## xlsopen / xls2oct [/ parsecell] / ... / xlsclose
##
## Beware: when using the COM interface, hidden Excel invocations may be
## kept running silently if not closed explicitly.
##
## Examples:
##
## @example
## A = xlsread ('test4.xls', '2nd_sheet', 'C3:AB40');
## (which returns the numeric contents in range C3:AB40 in worksheet
## '2nd_sheet' from file test4.xls into numeric array A)
## @end example
##
## @example
## [An, Tn, Ra, limits] = xlsread ('Sales2009.xls', 'Third_sheet');
## (which returns all data in worksheet 'Third_sheet' in file 'Sales2009.xls'
## into array An, the text data into array Tn, the raw cell data into
## cell array Ra and the ranges from where the actual data came in limits)
## @end example
##
## @example
## numarr = xlsread ('Sales2010.xls', 4, [], @{'JXL', 'COM'@});
## (Read all data from 4th worksheet in file Sales2010.xls using either JXL
## or COM interface (i.e, exclude POI interface).
## @end example
##
## @seealso {xlswrite, xlsopen, xls2oct, xlsclose, xlsfinfo, oct2xls}
##
## @end deftypefn
## Author: Philip Nienhuis
## Created: 2009-10-16
## Updates:
## 2009-12-29 bug fixes
## 2010-01-12 added unwind_protect to get rid of stray Excel invocations i.c.o. COM errors
## 2010-05-31 Updated help text (delays i.c.o. empty range due to getusedrange call)
## 2010-08-18 Added check for existence of xls after call to xlsopen to
## '' avoid unneeded error message clutter
## 2010-08-25 Improved help text, esp. sections Excel file types and interfaces
## 2010-10-20 Dropped wiping xls.limits for COM (nowadays COM can return those)
## 2010-10-21 Formally added 'BASIC' option as synonym for 'JXL'
## 2010-11-05 Updated help text
## 2010-11-13 Added some input checks
## 2011-04-11 Return upon empty xls struct from xlsopen()
## 2011-04-17 Suppress xlsopen messages (";" was missing)
## 2011-09-08 Minor code cleanup; included UNO & OXS support in test
## 2012-01-26 Fixed "seealso" help string
## 2012-03-07 Updated texinfo help header
## 2012-10-24 Style fixes
## 2013-09-24 Drop requirement of having at least one output arg
## 2013-09-27 Check for proper filename in input
## 2013-09-27 Proper spelling of input arg
## 2013-09-30 Header adapted to native OCT interface f xlsx
## 2013-12-20 Style fixes
## 2013-12-27 In case of .csv fall back to csvread for lazy Matlab users
## 2014-04-13 Updated copyright strings & texinfo header
## 2014-04-15 More updates to texinfo header
## 2014-04-26 Fixed error messages (no traceback)
## 2015-03-06 Texinfo header update
function [ numarr, txtarr, rawarr, lims ] = xlsread (fn, wsh, datrange, reqintf=[])
rstatus = 0;
if (nargin < 1)
error ("xlsread: no input arguments specified\n")
numarr = []; txtarr={}; rawarr = {};
return
elseif (! ischar (fn))
error ("filename (text string) expected for argument #1, not a %s\n", class (fn));
elseif (nargin == 1)
wsh = 1;
datrange = "";
elseif (nargin == 2)
## Find out whether 2nd argument = worksheet or range
if (isnumeric (wsh) || (isempty (findstr (wsh, ":" )) && ~isempty (wsh)))
## Apparently a worksheet specified
datrange = "";
else
## Range specified
datrange = wsh;
wsh = 1;
endif
endif
## A small gesture for Matlab compatibility. JExcelAPI supports BIFF5.
if (! isempty (reqintf) && ischar (reqintf) && strcmpi (reqintf, "BASIC"))
reqintf = {"JXL"};
printf ("(BASIC (BIFF5) support request translated to JXL)\n");
endif
## Checks done. Get raw data into cell array "rawarr". xlsopen finds out
## what interface to use. If none found, just return as xlsopen will complain enough
unwind_protect # Needed to catch COM errors & able to close stray Excel invocations
## Get pointer array to Excel file
xls_ok = 0;
xls = xlsopen (fn, 0, reqintf);
if (! isempty (xls))
xls_ok = 1;
else
## Convenience for scripts from lazy Matlab users (see bug #40993):
[~, ~, ext] = fileparts (fn);
if strcmpi (ext, ".csv")
if (isempty (datrange))
numarr = dlmread (fn, ",");
else
numarr = dlmread (fn, ",", datrange);
endif
txtarr = rawarr = lims = [];
return
endif
endif
## Get data from Excel file & return handle
[rawarr, xls, rstatus] = xls2oct (xls, wsh, datrange);
## Save some results before xls is wiped
rawlimits = xls.limits;
xtype = xls.xtype;
if (rstatus)
[numarr, txtarr, lims] = parsecell (rawarr, rawlimits);
else
rawarr = {}; numarr = []; txtarr = {};
endif
unwind_protect_cleanup
## Close Excel file
if (xls_ok)
xls = xlsclose (xls);
endif
end_unwind_protect
endfunction