Modify Import Data Function

Matlab generated the following Code for importing data from Excel

function Rohdaten37C = importfile1(workbookFile, sheetName, dataLines)
%IMPORTFILE1 Import data from a spreadsheet
%  ROHDATEN37C = IMPORTFILE1(FILE) reads data from the first worksheet
%  in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file named FILE.  Returns the
%  numeric data.
%
%  ROHDATEN37C = IMPORTFILE1(FILE, SHEET) reads from the specified
%  worksheet.
%
%  ROHDATEN37C = IMPORTFILE1(FILE, SHEET, DATALINES) reads from the
%  specified worksheet for the specified row interval(s). Specify
%  DATALINES as a positive scalar integer or a N-by-2 array of positive
%  scalar integers for dis-contiguous row intervals.
%
%  Example:
%  Rohdaten37C = importfile1("D:\Messreihe RL 3Hz 120us\Rohdaten37°C.xlsx", "Tabelle1", [2, 13574]);
%
%  See also READTABLE.
%
% Auto-generated by MATLAB on 21-Feb-2021 14:03:36

%% Input handling

% If no sheet is specified, read first sheet
if nargin == 1 || isempty(sheetName)
    sheetName = 1;
end

% If row start and end points are not specified, define defaults
if nargin <= 2
    dataLines = [2, 13574];
end

%% Set up the Import Options and import the data
opts = spreadsheetImportOptions("NumVariables", 9);

% Specify sheet and range
opts.Sheet = sheetName;
opts.DataRange = "A" + dataLines(1, 1) + ":I" + dataLines(1, 2);

% Specify column names and types
opts.VariableNames = ["VarName1", "VarName2", "VarName3", "VarName4", "VarName5", "VarName6", "VarName7", "VarName8", "VarName9"];
opts.VariableTypes = ["double", "double", "double", "double", "double", "double", "double", "double", "double"];

% Import the data
Rohdaten37C = readtable(workbookFile, opts, "UseExcel", false);

for idx = 2:size(dataLines, 1)
    opts.DataRange = "A" + dataLines(idx, 1) + ":I" + dataLines(idx, 2);
    tb = readtable(workbookFile, opts, "UseExcel", false);
    Rohdaten37C = [Rohdaten37C; tb]; %#ok<AGROW>
end

%% Convert to output type
Rohdaten37C = table2array(Rohdaten37C);
end

The problem is that this code has a predefined number of columns - see opts.DataRange, opts.VariableNames, opts.VariableTypes and the "9" in opts. I want to modify this code in a way such that this function is able to read an arbitrary number of columns, maybe with an additional input parameter n which gives the number of columns of the respective Excel file which the user want to read in. Is it somehow possible to accomplish this task?

Thanks

[dpb]

It's possible to read a general Excel spreadsheet, but I'd never start with this code to do so...if the file(s) are regular but just different sizes, simply call readtable directly; it'll probably work without any other effort.

If you want the data in an array instead of a table, then call importdata directly on each file.