It s possible that a different program created it and stored the information in a plain text file.
How to open mat file without matlab.
Coming from the academia the annotations for the dataset was in the mat format.
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.
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.
When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle.
Mat files contain binary data so you will not be able to open them easily with a word processor.
Select the always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
You can get the file used in this post here.
Reading them in is definitely the easy part.
Use a free text editor to open the mat file if none of the above programs are working for you.
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You will type according to your mat file.
It s possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application.
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.
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.
The mat file object does not support evaluating function handles using the m output.
2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
Use the matfile function to access matlab variables directly from mat files on disk without loading the full variables into memory.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
Launch a mat file or any other file on your pc by double clicking it.
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This isn t the case for any of the above cases but it might be for yours.