When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle.
How to open mat file without matlab.
Scipy is a really popular python library used for scientific computing and quite naturally they have a method which lets you read in mat files.
2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
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.
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.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
If your file associations are set up correctly the application that s meant to open your mat file will open it.
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.
Use the matfile function to access matlab variables directly from mat files on disk without loading the full variables into memory.
Mat files contain binary data so you will not be able to open them easily with a word processor.
The mat file object does not support evaluating function handles using the m output.
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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.
It s possible that a different program created it and stored the information in a plain text file.
A load 1 mat imshow a this is the shortest possible way and 1 is the name of the image.
Coming from the academia the annotations for the dataset was in the mat format.
You can get the file used in this post here.
Select the always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
You will type according to your mat file.
Reading them in is definitely the easy part.
Launch a mat file or any other file on your pc by double clicking it.
It s possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application.
Use a free text editor to open the mat file if none of the above programs are working for you.