RE: help file pathname

[Richardson, Anthony]

Are you enclosing the filename within quotes?  
DATA=odsread('data1A.ods',1,A1:c146)
Is the io package loaded?  What is the error message?

Tony Richardson

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> I am new to Octave and I am struggling.  I want to load parts of a ods
> spreadsheet( libra ofice). I am using DATA=odsread(data1A.ods,1,A1:c146).  I
> have tried putting in the full pathname for the file
> C:/Users/User/Documents/data1a.ods and that failed.  I have tried changing
> / to \ and still get errors.
>   What am I doing wrong?  any help will reduce my frustration.
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