When you create a new file using matfile the function creates a version 7 3 mat file that also lets you save variables larger than 2 gb.
How to open mat file without matlab.
If your file associations are set up correctly the application that s meant to open your mat file will open it.
2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
Reading them in is definitely the easy part.
A load 1 mat imshow a this is the shortest possible way and 1 is the name of the image.
It s possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application.
For example if your mat file contains function handle myfunc the syntax m myfunc attempts to index into the function handle and does not invoke the function.
In the open with dialog box click the program whith which you want the file to open or click browse to locate the program that you want.
3 the third option is to use the mat file api which is a set of libraries using which you can call the mat file api in a vba application in order to import mat files directly into excel environment.
Use the matfile function to access matlab variables directly from mat files on disk without loading the full variables into memory.
This isn t the case for any of the above cases but it might be for yours.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle.
You can get the file used in this post here.
Use a free text editor to open the mat file if none of the above programs are working for you.
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Coming from the academia the annotations for the dataset was in the mat format.
Select the always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
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Launch a mat file or any other file on your pc by double clicking it.
It s possible that a different program created it and stored the information in a plain text file.
If all you need to do is look at the files you could obtain octave which is a free but somewhat slower implementation of matlab.
You will type according to your mat file.
