When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle.
How to open mat file without matlab.
It s possible that a different program created it and stored the information in a plain text file.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
Reading them in is definitely the easy part.
2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
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.
You can get the file used in this post here.
You will type according to your mat file.
Coming from the academia the annotations for the dataset was in the mat format.
When you create a new file using matfile the function creates a version 7 3 mat file that also lets you save variables larger than 2 gb.
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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 your file associations are set up correctly the application that s meant to open your mat file will open it.
A load 1 mat imshow a this is the shortest possible way and 1 is the name of the image.
Use a free text editor to open the mat file if none of the above programs are working for you.
Launch a mat file or any other file on your pc by double clicking it.
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.
This isn t the case for any of the above cases but it might be for yours.
Use the matfile function to access matlab variables directly from mat files on disk without loading the full variables into memory.
It s possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application.
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.
Select the always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
