I have 12 columns in excel that I want to import using one command.

I am trying to import Columns B,C,F,G,J,K,N,O,R,S,X,Y with the range required of row 10 to 360010 and was looking to see if i could do this via a for loop.

Answer 1

[Adam]

If it fits in memory you may be best loading in full range using e.g.

    filename = 'someFile.xlsx';
    xlRange = 'B10:Y360010';

    res = xlsread( filename, xlRange );

since the help states that 'xlsread does not support non-contiguous ranges.' Then just delete those columns you don't want afterwards.

Otherwise as you say, it may be better to just load in only those columns you need using multiple xlsread instructions for any contiguous blocks you have.