xlsread unable to find .xls file

I'm using a computer that's new to me with a different version of Matlab than I'm used to - R2006a. I've written a simple script that uses the xlsread command to call to an .xls file named "Profiles.xls" using the following diction:

xk = xlsread('Profiles.xls',:,1);

When I attempt to run the script, I receive the following error...:

??? XLSREAD unable to open file Profiles.xls.

Error using ==> iofun\private\validpath

File C:\Profile Development\Profiles.xls not found.

...The .xls is in the indicated folder, which I'm also using as the active folder in Matlab.

I don't have the experience to interpret what is happening in the validpath script, although it is where it should be and it doesn't have anything obviously wrong with it.

[Jan]

Is there a typo in "xlsread('Profiles.xls',:,1)"?

Answer 1

[Paulo Silva]

I wonder if the file extension is xlsx, check that out and also try this:

xk = xlsread('Profiles')

[Brad]

Bingo. Never mix versions of Microsoft software. Although for future reference, xk = xlsread('Profiles.xlsx') works, while xk = xlsread('Profiles') does not.

Answer 2

[ishwarya rameshbabu]

Error using xlsread (line 128) XLSREAD unable to open file '../data/input.csv'. File 'D:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Production Server\R2014a\data\input.csv' not found.

Error in traffic_ann (line 4) input_data = xlsread('../data/input.csv'); while executing im getting this kind of errors???????