URGENT....!!!! Error Using xlswrite R2012a Ubuntu 12.04

I have been using xlswrite function since years in R2011a Matlab version in windows.

Now my work has shifted to ubuntu 12.04 and I downloaded latest MAtlab version R2012a.

xlswrite function is not working. It shows following error:

"" Error using xlswrite (line 188) An error occurred on data export in CSV format.

Caused by:

Error using dlmwrite (line 118) The input cell array cannot be converted to a matrix. ""

I don't know why the error is showing csv or dlmwrite related errors while I am working with excel sheets.

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/29922-why-your-question-is-not-urgent-or-an-emergency

Answer 1

[Friedrich]

Hi,

the doc for xlswrite cleary states:

If your system does not have Excel for Windows, or if the COM server (part of the typical installation of Excel) is unavailable, then the xlswrite function:
Writes array A to a text file in comma-separated value (CSV) format.

Since you are using Linux you don't have Excel => MATLAB tries writing a CSV file using the dlmread command, which fails because the cell data you try to write cant be converted into a matrix.

[Priya]

Is there no alternative command for linux. It will be difficult to switch to windows just for MATLAB, as all my work goes on in linux.