loadmatfile

loads a Matlab V6 MAT-file (binary or ASCII) into Scilab

Calling Sequence

loadmatfile(format,filename[,var1[,var2[,...]]])
loadmatfile(filename[,format[,var1[,var2[,...]]]])
loadmatfile(filename[,var1[,var2,[,...[,format]]]])

Arguments

:filename character string containing the path of the file (needed) : :format file format (if not given and file has extension ”.mat”, file is considered to be binary)

:”-mat” binary file : :”-ascii” option to force Scilab to read file as an ASCII file :

: :var1, var2 character strings containing the name of the variables

to load (only for binary files)

:

Description

loads a Matlab MAT-file into Scilab. The Matlab data types are converted into the Scilab equivalents.

Examples

A = `rand`_(10,10);
B = `sprand`_(100,100,0.1);
`savematfile`_('test_matfile.mat','A','B','-v6');
clear;
loadmatfile('test_matfile.mat');
`disp`_(A)
`disp`_(B)

See Also

• load Load a saved variable or a serie of variables
• savematfile write a Matlab MAT-file (binary or ASCII)
• save Save a variable or a serie of variables in a binary file
• mfile2sci Matlab M-file to Scilab conversion function
• matfile2sci converts a Matlab 5 MAT-file into a Scilab binary file

Bibliography

This function has been developed following the “MAT-File Format” description: ``Mat-File Format`_`