xlwrite problem - Undefined function or variable 'XSSFWorkbook'

Matlab's xlswrite does not work in OSX. Instead, I have tried xlwrite, a Java-based solution to the same need contributed to File Exchange by Marin Deresco. After getting the associated Java "Poi" library onto my Java path, I get "Undefined function or variable 'XSSFWorkbook'. Error in xlwrite (line 148)" when I run the associated Text_xlWrite.

Anyone know how to get xlwrite to work on OSX? An alternative substitute to xlswrite would also be welcome.

OSX 10.10.4, Matlab 8.5.0.197613 (R2015a)

[Brendan Hamm]

You could always use csvwrite as excel will still read this, but this only pertains to numeric data. If you have a cell array then you can use lower level I/O Write To Delimited Files

[Marshall]

The most common reason for this is that the jar files in the poi-library are not in the Matlab path; make sure you have the poi-library added to your path.

I sometimes still receive this error the first time I run xlwrite(), but it disappoints on subsequent calls.

[Walter Roberson]

xlswrite() does work on OS-X, provided you restrict yourself to "basic" mode.

[Osman Ciftci]

@Walter Roberson,

the xlswrite doesn't have the basic mode in some versions, such as 2017b. (Link to the documentation on Mathworks website: https://nl.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2017b/matlab/ref/xlswrite.html?searchHighlight=xlswrite&s_tid=doc_srchtitle )

What would you propose?

Thnx in advance :)

Osman