Scilab Can read text and numbers from excel file as well as .csv (comma
separated values) file.
It can read .xls and .csv files not xlsx files.
Scilab uses readxls() Command for reading Excel file into scilab environment.
Syntax: variable_name=readxls(“file_name.xls”)
Data from individual sheet can be read using fields like text
and values.
when we are using readxls() command, it will display all sheets available from excel file.
Individual sheets can be accessed as follows:
e.g.
for sheet 1 : sh1=sheets(1),
for sheet
2: sh2=sheets(2) and so on
•Text
and numbers can be separated from sheets.
•E.g.
from sheet 1 : sh1.text() --text
will be separated
: sh1.value()—numbers
will be separated 
