write different data types to excel sheet

Hello,

I have a small matrix of data that contains a column of real numbers, a column of integers and a column of cell data. It appears to be stored as cell data, but I would like to keep the format of real, integer and string (different lengths) when I write to an excel spreadsheet. Using writematrix works to write the cell data, but I can't change the data type after that.

line0 is my cell table, and I use:

- writematrix(line0,filename,"Sheet",3,Range="A2:C13")

I could use help with the ability to format the data when writing to the excel file

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

"It appears to be stored as cell data"

It is clearly stored as a string array:

S = load('Variable.mat')

S = struct with fields:
    CCHdr: {'Amount ($)'  'Cost Center'  'CostCenter Name'}
    line0: [12×3 string]

S.line0

ans = 12×3 string array
    "482918.41"    "10110"    "AdCom"               
    "0"            "10115"    "EXCOM"               
    "0"            "10120"    "FINCOM"              
    "9889.78"      "10125"    "Technical Committee" 
    "0"            "10130"    "Education"           
    "332699.87"    "10135"    "Membership"          
    "7030.74"      "10140"    "Awards"              
    "0"            "10150"    "Standards"           
    "81263.02"     "10155"    "Chapters"            
    "49454.02"     "10160"    "Other Committee"     
    "22040.27"     "20130"    "Publication Support" 
    "38579.42"     "21020"    "Meetings/Conferences"

T = array2table(S.line0, 'VariableNames',S.CCHdr);
T = convertvars(T,[1,2],@double)

T = 12×3 table
    Amount ($)    Cost Center       CostCenter Name    
    __________    ___________    ______________________

    4.8292e+05       10110       "AdCom"               
             0       10115       "EXCOM"               
             0       10120       "FINCOM"              
        9889.8       10125       "Technical Committee" 
             0       10130       "Education"           
     3.327e+05       10135       "Membership"          
        7030.7       10140       "Awards"              
             0       10150       "Standards"           
         81263       10155       "Chapters"            
         49454       10160       "Other Committee"     
         22040       20130       "Publication Support" 
         38579       21020       "Meetings/Conferences"

writetable(T,'myexcel.xlsx')

[Mike]

Thanks, I will also try your suggestion. I didn't realize one could format the table before moving to excal

- Mike