How could I read a single cell of an .csv file using readmatrix function with import options?

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Hello to everyone, I need to process different data from a .csv file. I do ask for the user what are the row ranges that need to read the code, with that, I need to save a value from a particular cell from the spreadsheet.
Next work very well for me. But I would like to know if it's possible to make this using import options.
kappa = readmatrix('1_5B_2.csv', 'Range', 'D6:D6');
Thanks in advance.
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dpb
dpb on 6 Aug 2020
"possible to make this using import options."
Not sure what you mean here...explain more in detail.
Sudheer Bhimireddy
Sudheer Bhimireddy on 6 Aug 2020
Try this link to know the what import options you have for the file being read.
Then you can use either readtable to readmatrix with possible import options.

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Accepted Answer

Omar Andrés Rosada González
Thank you, it was a pretty simple solution.
First I did use detectImportOptions, searching the variable name (column), then I defined the data line range (row). In my case, it would be only using the same row position on both sides. Something like the next code.
opts = detectImportOptions('1_5B_2.csv');
opts.SelectedVariableNames = ('Var4');
opts.DataLines = [range(1,1) range(1,1)];
kappa = readmatrix('1_5B_2.csv', opts);

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