Count number of sheets in excel file
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I want to count the number of sheets in an excel file. I want to read from an excel file and count the number of sheets in that file and save that number to use as iteration count in a for loop.
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laurent jalabert
on 4 Feb 2022
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on 6 Feb 2023
d = uigetdir(pwd, 'Select a folder');
DATA = dir(fullfile(d, '*.xlsx'));
[status,sheets] = xlsfinfo(DATA.name);
sheets = sheetnames(DATA.name);
length(sheets)
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Sulaymon Eshkabilov
on 5 Feb 2023
Edited: Sulaymon Eshkabilov
on 5 Feb 2023
It is recommended to use: sheetnames() instead of xlsfinfo(), e.g.:
clearvars
D = uigetdir(pwd, 'Choose a folder to import XLSX data');
XLSfile = dir(fullfile(D, '*.xlsx'));
Nfiles = length(XLSfile);
MYdata = cell(1, Nfiles);
for k = 1:Nfiles
SName=(sheetnames(XLSfile(k).name));
Nsheets = length(SName);
for jj = 1:Nsheets
MYdata{k,jj} = readtable(XLSfile(k).name, 'Sheet', SName(jj)); % Collects all data
end
end
%% ALT. Way:
% XLSfile = dir('*.xlsx'); % If your current directory, where all MS Excel
% files are residing, then use this
clearvars
XLSfile = dir('*.xlsx');
Nfiles = length(XLSfile);
MYdata = cell(1, Nfiles);
for k = 1:Nfiles
SName=(sheetnames(XLSfile(k).name));
Nsheets = length(SName);
for jj = 1:Nsheets
MYdata{k,jj} = readtable(XLSfile(k).name, 'Sheet', SName(jj)); % Colects all data
end
end
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Steven Lord
on 5 Feb 2023
FYI sheetnames was introduced in release R2019b which came out several months after this question was asked.
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