MATLAB: Writing 1*5 char in one cell in excel

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i have a problem- i have parameter in matlab called patients = 82×5 type char when each row is like 234t1(has both numbers and a letter)

i want to import it to excel so that each patient name will be in one cell and not 5..( a1 = 234t1, a2 = 234t2,…)

how can i do that?

xlswrite('test.xls',cellstr(patients))

xlswrite('test.xls', {datestr(now)})

Well, post the entire error and I don't get any problem with:

xlswrite(filename, {'test'},'Sheet1','A1')

To have 'test you have to double it when using matlab strings:

xlswrite(filename, {'''test'},'Sheet1','A1')

But then on excel you won't see the ' before test... (but I expect it to be a desired result)

Oleg