Re: Adding the IO package

[Philip Nienhuis]

Dear Marco

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> I would like to import data of .xlsx files and stock them into arrays.
>
> To do so, I have learned that I needed to import the IO package, and so
> I did.
>
> However, I do not know what to do with the package.
>
> I have stored the  io-2.2.7.tar.gz file into the .src folder and run
> build.package.m
>
> But still, when I call the xlsread function, it is not defined.
>
> Sorry if the question sounds stupid, I am freshly new user.

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers :-)
And welcome to Octave!

You also need to "load" the io package. In the Octave terminal, issue 
the following command:

pkg load io

Success,

Philip