convert xlsx to csv

Dear all,
I have an .xlsx excel file and I am using Matlab2011 to transform it to an csv.file so as to be able to import this excel file as it is (that is, with the same structure) into Stata
The excel files has a structure similar to the example below
A={ 'Name1' 'Name2' 'Name_3' 'Name_4'
'AQ' '100_HOE_rev' 'TTT' [ 0]
'AQ' '100_HOE_rev' 'TTT' [ NaN]
'AQ' '100_HOE_rev' 'TTT' [ 345,8] };
I tried something like
path = NameFiles('D:\Cart_er_1.xlsx');
xlsx2csv(path)
but I get the following error
Transforming the xlsx file: D:\Cart_er_1.xlsx
Error using
Interface.Microsoft_Excel_14.0_Object_Library.Workbooks/Open
Invoke Error, Dispatch Exception:
Source: Microsoft Excel
Description:
'D:\Cart_er_1.xlsx'
could not be found. Check the spelling of the file
name, and verify that the file location is correct.
If you are trying to open the file from your list of
most recently used files, make sure that the file has
not been renamed, moved, or deleted.
Help File: xlmain11.chm
Help Context ID: 0
Error in xlsx2csv (line 20)
Workbook = Excel.WorkBooks.Open(pathxlsx);
Is there any other way to do this conversion?
Thanks

Answers (1)

Ryan Livingston
Ryan Livingston on 19 Feb 2013

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I have 100 such files.. Sorry for not mentioning that from the beginning
thanks
antonet
antonet on 19 Feb 2013
thanks Oleg. SO this means that I can not do this conversion within Matlab?
Yes you can, but IMO MATLAB is a bit of an overkill and you should be quicker off using a specific tool.
antonet
antonet on 20 Feb 2013
What is IMO MATLAB?
IMO is an acronym for In My Opinion
It'd be pretty quick in MATLAB, a quick for-loop over the files xlsread/csvwrite, done...

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