read.mat {rmatio}

Read Matlab file

Description

Reads the values in a mat-file to a list.

Usage

read.mat(filename)

Arguments

filename

Character string, with the MAT file or URL to read.

Details

Reads the values in a mat-file and stores them in a list.

Value

A list with the variables read.

Note

• A sparse complex matrix is read as a dense complex matrix.

• A sparse logical matrix is read as a 'lgCMatrix'

• A sparse matrix is read as a 'dgCMatrix'

• A matrix of dimension 1 x n or n x 1 is read as a vector

• A structure is read as a named list with fields.

• A cell array is read as an unnamed list with cell data

• A function class type is read as NULL and gives a warning.

See Also

See write.mat for more details and examples.

Examples

## Read a version 4 MAT file with little-endian byte ordering
filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_v4_le.mat",
                        package = "rmatio")
m <- read.mat(filename)

## View content
str(m)

## Read a version 4 MAT file with big-endian byte ordering.
filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_v4_be.mat",
                        package = "rmatio")
m <- read.mat(filename)

## View content
str(m)

## Read a compressed version 5 MAT file
filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_compressed_le.mat",
                        package = "rmatio")
m <- read.mat(filename)

## View content
str(m)