How can I delete a certain cell area in an Excel table using MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)?

I would like to delete the existing values in a certain cell area of an Excel table using MATLAB.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

When XLSWRITE is used to write to cells in a spreadsheet, by default it overwrites the existing data in the cells. Thus deleting the existing values in a certain cell area can also be accomplished by writing empty cells.

The following example shows how to use the XLSWRITE command to write an empty cell to a cell area in order to clear the existing values:

xlswrite('test.xls', cell(29, 1), 'Table1', 'A3:A31');