excuse me ,
i have a problem in plot a data from excel to matlab
i have this code:
[filename,path] = uigetfile('.xlsx')
dataExcel = xlsread(fullfile(path,filename))
inflow = dataExcel(1:size(dataExcel,1)-107,4)
can anybody explain the code?

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This code takes a part of one column of data from an excel file. What is actually your issue?
i dont understant how to determine the column and rows
can you explain ?
This is the very basics of Matlab: indexing. Take a look to matrix indexing and I recommend you to do the Matlab tutorial Matlab tutorial
Thanks bro

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Jakob B. Nielsen
Jakob B. Nielsen on 20 Feb 2020
Edited: Jakob B. Nielsen on 20 Feb 2020
You have an array dataExcel which has size(dataExcel,1) rows, and size(dataExcel,2) columns. The rows would correspond exactly to the "numbers" in excel, so row 1, 2, 3 etc. whereas the columns would correspond to the "letters" in excel, column A, B and C. (Although note they are still numbered 1, 2, 3 etc in matlab, so column A in excel would be column 1 in matlab).
So the snip of code
inflow = dataExcel(1:size(dataExcel,1)-107,4);
seeks to extract the values from row 1 to row number "size(dataExcel,1)-107", so all rows except the last 107 rows. The column index 4 then refers to... well, column 4, which would be column D in your original excel file.

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