MATLAB: Am I unable to copy and paste text data from Excel into the Array Editor in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)

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In MATLAB 6.5 (R13), I was able to copy text data from an Excel spreadsheet and paste it into the Array Editor. In MATLAB 7.0 (R14) this action gives the following warning and error messages:
Warning: string is obsolete and will be discontinued.
Use char instead.
??? Error using ==> string
Not enough input arguments.

Best Answer

This bug has been fixed for MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1). For previous releases, there are no known workarounds.