Matlab xlswrite error "Index exceeds matrix dimensions"

Folks,

Just trying to write a simple array to an excel file:

>>outputfile=('Test.xlsx');

>>A=[1 2 3];

>>xlswrite(outputfile,A);

And I keep getting this error message below

Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

Strange thing is if I use the exact same array and filename but change the extension to .csv and use csvwrite it works fine. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? Currently running 2013b if that helps.

-Victor

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Check if xlswrite was not used as a variable.

Fix the problem:

clear xlswrite
outputfile='Test.xlsx';
A=[1 2 3];
xlswrite(outputfile,A);

[Victor Yannuzzi]

This works! Thank you very much...never occurred to me that I'd have to clear this out after trying so many times.