the loop for comparing two excels row by row

Hi, I am working with a loop to compare excel files in a folder (each excel with the one next to it).The comparison is based on: for each row (Row1) in excel1, ONE row in excel2 is selected when each column number is in a certain range (0.7-1.1 times of that in the same column value in Row1. If there are more than 1 rows selected in excel2, then the row with smallest std (shortest distance to Row1) is selected. Can anyone help me?

[Jan]

What is the question? The forum can help you, so please post what you have tried so far and ask a specific question.

What is an "Excel file next to it"?

Answer 1

[Sujit Muduli]

Hi Tian,

As I understand from your questions you just want to iterate over the rows for two excel files and make the comparison.You may read the excel data as a table and write a function for your logic. You may find the links below useful,

• https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/examples/importing-data-from-excel-spreadsheets.html
• https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/readtable.html

[Tian Tian]

Thank you for your answer! Yes I tried reading data as table and it works. My problem has been solved.