How to create multiple tables from a single spreadsheet

I have a single .xlsx spreadsheet with multple tables on the same page, but one below the other.

The picture below shows an example.

From this spreadsheet I want to create two different tables at the same time. I have tried using the import tool or the readtable() function but I did not succeed.

Can someone help me?

Answer 1

[Dave B]

You can specify a range when calling readtable:

For example:

T = readtable('patients.xls',...
    'Range','C2:E6',...
    'ReadVariableNames',false)

If you attach your excel file we can help with it, but it's really as easy as specifying the excel column and row for the upper left and lower right corners.

[Federico Migliosi]

Thank you for the quick response.

Your code will just create one table from the specified upper left and lower right corners.

I was looking for a way to create multiple tables at once, each with a couple of unique corners. For now I think I will just create the tables manually, each time specifing the correct corners.

I have attached the excel file if it helps.

[Dave B]

Sadly, I don't think there's any way to create multiple tables with one call to readtable.

If you really wanted to you could write a little function that looped over a set of ranges to return multiple tables (just to make it easier to read), but you'd be faced with choosing whether the output should be a cell array of tables (?) or if you'd vary the number of output arguments based on the number of ranges. Both would be a little awkward IMO.