[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44511] IO Package: xlsread cannot read a csv file

[Philip Nienhuis]

Update of bug #44511 (project octave):

              Item Group:        Incorrect Result => Matlab Compatibility   
                  Status:                    None => Wont Fix               
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 
                 Release:               4.0.0-rc1 => other                  
        Operating System:       Microsoft Windows => Any                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

For .csv there's csvread, dlmread, csv2cell, importdata, .....

Only if you have Excel + OF windows package, or LibreOffice installed, xlsread
can read csv files.

A looong time ago xlsread did fall back to csvread, but I deliberately threw
it out. 
For users who cannot distinguish one file type from another there's
importdata.m

The warning could be more informative, agreed. I'll queue that for io-2.8.8

Closing, adapting some fields

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