<< copygraphics

Graphics I/O functions

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imformats

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Manage supported image formats.

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Syntax

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imformats ()

formats = imformats()

format = imformats(ext)

Input argument

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ext

File format extension: character vector or string scalar.

Output argument

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formats

structure array: supported image formats.

format

structure: supported image format.

Description

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imformats returns the list of supported image formats.

formats = imformats() returns the list of supported image formats in a structure array.

format = imformats(ext) returns the structure of the image format corresponding to the extension ext.

Each element of the structure array contains the fields:

• ext: file format extension
• isa: function handle to test if the file format is supported
• info: function handle to get information about the file format
• description: file format description
• read: function handle to read the file format
• write: function handle to write the file format
• alpha: logical scalar indicating if the file format supports transparency
• multipage: logical scalar indicating if the file format supports multipage images

Example

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imformats()

See also

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imwrite, imread.

History

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Version	Description
1.13.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET