Problem Reading EXCEL file . Can someone help me with this problem, recently it was fine reading the file but all of sudden it turn to this since i wanted to test again my program.

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Warning: P-file D:\MATLAB\R2019a\toolbox\matlab\iofun\importdata.p is older than MATLAB file

D:\MATLAB\R2019a\toolbox\matlab\iofun\importdata.m.

D:\MATLAB\R2019a\toolbox\matlab\iofun\importdata.p may be obsolete and may need to be regenerated.

Type "help pcode" for information about generating P-files.

Undefined function 'xlsread' for input arguments of type 'char'.

Error in importdata

Error in importdata

Error in Untitled2 (line 71)

foodmenu=importdata('EXCEL(edited).xlsx');

Answer 1

[Maadhav Akula]

Hi Ahmed,

Looks like you have modified the importdata.m file, so you have to pcode the file again, if not please try reinstalling MATLAB so that the modified files are overwritten.

Check the following links:

p-code documentation

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/360415-how-do-i-repair-a-matlab-installation

Hope this helps!