Variable for range in xlswrite

I have define a variable which is beeing calculated automaticaly.

This variable has been define

a = [starcell ':', endcell]

and it give me e.g.

a = g12: h12

Now when i write

xlswrite('1.xls', Y, 3, a) it doesn't want to understand the range. The variable a is a character string . Does anybody have any idea?

Answer 1

[Sven]

Providing a variable as a string should be exactly the same as providing that string directly. Here are 3 possibilities that I can think of:

1. Did you intend to have the space " " character in the string "g12: h12". Try it without the space.

2. Make sure that the variable Y matches exactly the size you defined with g12:h12 (ie, it's 1-by-2)

3. Try uppercase 'G12:H12'

[Alexandros]

Yes I fixed it. It was the space between the g12: h12.

My function i made to find the cells i need to put them was automatically putting a space between them. I took it out and work fine