getSupportedFileTypes

Return file type of signals in spreadsheet file

Since R2024b

Syntax

filetype = getSupportedFileTypes('filename')

Description

filetype = getSupportedFileTypes('filename') returns supported file types for the specified file, filename, to import data.

Examples

Return File Type of MAT File

Return the file type of the signals in the MAT file MatlabTimeSeries.mat.

filetype = getSupportedFileTypes('MatlabTimeSeries.mat')

filetype=1×2 table
     SupportedFileTypes                                               Description                                          
    _____________________    ______________________________________________________________________________________________

    "Simulink.io.MatFile"    "Supports MAT-files containing data formatted in Simulink loading and logging signal formats."

Input Arguments

filename — File name

character vector | string

File name, specified as a character vector or string. The file can be any supported file type.

Example: ThreeInportModelData.xlsx

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

filetype — File types of signals contained in filename

table

File types of signals contained in filename, returned as a table of each file type in filename.

Version History

Introduced in R2024b