Unable to open file 'Diabetes.csv'.

I'm new to matlab I'm having trouble with this one. Where should I put my excel file so MATLAB can read it?

Code:

%Read data

clc

clear all

close all

data=readtable ('Diabetes.csv');

Error:

Error using readtable (line 143)

Unable to open file 'Diabetes.csv'.

[Star Strider]

Be sure it’s on the MATLAB search path somewhere so that MATLAB can find it.

For help on that see What Is the MATLAB Search Path?.

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

To add to @Star Strider's advice, you can put the file anywhere you want as long as it's folder is on the Matlab path. For example, if the file is in C:\Users\name\Documents\Matlab\data then add the path using

addpath('C:\Users\name\Documents\Matlab\data')

Now Matlab will be able to access the file.

Alternatively, you can specify the full path to the file so Matlab knows where it's at even if it's not on the Matlab path,

filepath = 'C:\Users\name\Documents\Matlab\data';

filename = 'Diabetes.csv';

data = readtable(fullfile(filepath, filename));