A file with the mat file extension is most likely a microsoft access table shortcut file that s used to quickly open a table without having to first open the ms access program.
Open mat file without matlab.
How to open mat file without using matlab.
You will type according to your mat file.
Creates a mat file compatible with matlab version 7 0 r14 software or earlier.
2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
The mathworks matlab program uses mat files too but as a container for holding data like functions and variables.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
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Equivalent to wz mode.
When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle.
The mat file object does not support evaluating function handles using the m output.
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.
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.
A load 1 mat imshow a this is the shortest possible way and 1 is the name of the image.
To use the same compression ratio when creating a mat file with the matopen function use the wz.
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.
Opens file for writing compressed data.