Why does my variable not run through as a string?

Whenever I run my function to load a name and return an excel file for that name, I get this error:

Error using xlsread (line 122) Filename must be a string.

Error in loadNCIR (line 9) [~,vaccineName,~] = xlsread(excel);

function [Name] = loadName( Name )

excel = inputdlg(['Please enter the name for the ' Name ' xls file: ']...
    ,'s');
if strcmp(excel, '') == 1;
    Name = {};
else
    [~,Name,~] = xlsread(excel);
end

What am I doing wrong? My input is a variable for a string, and the output should be the excel file.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

The inputdlg function returns a cell. Use char to convert it to a string variable:

excelstr = char(excel);

[Leopoldo Campos Carrillo]

Thanks man i apreciate!!!

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!