Matlab code 

Function Name: asciiGarden

Inputs:

1. (char) A filename of an Excel file containing garden information, including file extension

Outputs:

None

File Outputs:

1. A text file representation of your new garden

Background:

Spring has finally arrived, and you can't wait to finally realize your dream of planting a beautiful garden to provide you with a supply of fresh fruits and veggies. You decide to use your favorite tool, MATLAB, to help you plan the layout of your new garden!

Function Description:

Write a function that reads in an Excel file describing the layout of your garden, and creates an ASCII art representation of your new garden as a text file, named as follows: ascii_.txt .

Each column of the Excel file will contain the following information in this order:

The names of the fruits and vegetables to be planted in the garden

The character representation corresponds to each plant

The number of rows of the garden that should contain the fruit or vegetable

Example:

>> asciiGarden('garden1.xlsx') should write the following text file to your current directory:

garden1.xlsx: 

Tomatoes	O	1
Pumpkins	~Q	2
Carrots	V	3
Peas	oo	1

ascii_garden1.txt: 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO ~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q ~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q~Q VVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVVVVVV oooooooooooooo 

Notes:

Your garden plot should have twice as many columns as rows.

All test cases are guaranteed to have full vegetables planted; for instance, if a vegetable

is three characters long, the number of columns will be divisible by three.