xlswrite from cell and strcat error 0x800A03EC

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GreetingsI have a variable
A={'H$1';'H$2';'H$3'} %a 4x1 cell
% I need to generate an xlsx file with
=(YesH$1No) in cell A1
=(YesH$2No) in cell A2
=(YesH$2No) in cell A3
% I can xlswrite AA elements to excel wo problem
for ii=1:3
AA(1,ii)=A(ii)
BB{1,ii}=strcat('=(Yes',AA{ii},'No)')
end
xlswrite('fileA.xls', AA)
xlswrite('fileB.xls', BB)
% for BB because of the equal and parenthesis it outputs an error
Error using xlswrite (line 219)
Error: Object returned error code: 0x800A03EC

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 14 Apr 2018
Try
writetable(cell2table(BB),'fileB.xls', 'WriteVariableNames', false)
Note that this would be for the case where you want the cells to contain those literal strings, not for the case where you are trying to write macros at those locations. For that task of writing macros, what I find is https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48190180/can-matlab-write-a-macro-in-an-excel-file-via-activex
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Dave
Dave on 14 Apr 2018
Edited: Dave on 14 Apr 2018
In my code above, if I remove the equal sign in the strcat it writes ok.
'(Yes' works
'=(Yes' gives error
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 14 Apr 2018
Hack workaround: disable / uninstall Excel for the moment. That would cause writetable() to use internal routines to do the writing instead of talking to Excel.
Or, Hack Workaround: edit writeXLSFile.m and change
book = createWorkbook(filename, ext, true);
to
book = createWorkbook(filename, ext, false);

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