MATIO

loadmat >>

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ismatfile

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Checks if filename a valid .mat file

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Syntax

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[tf, ver, header] = ismatfile(filename)

Input argument

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filename

a string: .mat filename.

Output argument

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tf

a logical: true if it is a valid .mat file.

ver

a string array: version of .mat file ("-v7.3", "-v7" or "-v6").

header

a string array: header of .mat file (date).

Description

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ismatfile checks if filename a valid .mat file.

Bibliography

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Thanks to MATIO library (http://sourceforge.net/projects/matio/).

Example

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A = ones(3, 4);
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.3.mat'], 'A', '-v7.3')
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.mat'], 'A', '-v7')
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v6.mat'], 'A', '-v6')
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.3.mat']) 
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.mat']) 
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v6.mat']) 
[tf, ver, header] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_not_existing.mat'])

See also

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isnh5file, loadmat.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET