If filename has no extension that is no text after a period load looks for a file named filename mat if filename has an extension other than mat the load function treats.
G mat file format matlab.
A level 5 mat file is an openly documented but proprietary binary data container format used by matlab software from mathworks matlab is a fourth generation programming language that allows matrix manipulations plotting of functions and data implementation of algorithms creation of user interfaces and interfacing with.
Atomic combat saved game files is another file format that has a similar file extension of mato but those types of files open with atomic combat.
Mat file level 5 file format v5 v6 v7 description.
Adjust the format by adding information to the operator such as 2f to represent two digits after the decimal mark or 12f to represent 12 characters in the output padding with spaces.
If you do not specify filename the save function saves to a file named matlab mat.
Formatspec also can include ordinary text and special characters.
If formatspec includes literal text representing escape characters such as n then fprintf translates the escape characters.
Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar.
Format of the output fields specified using formatting operators.
Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar.
There are the so called level 4 mat files wherein two dimensional matrices and character strings are supported and there is also the level 5 mat files wherein several things are included like the cell arrays.
Typical uses for formatted text include text for display and output files.
Formatspec can be a character vector in single quotes or starting in r2016b a string scalar.
Use the matfile function to access matlab variables directly from mat files on disk without loading the full variables into memory.
Mat files can be saved in a variety of formats as long as users choose to save them in a version that belongs to the matlab preferences.
For example f converts floating point values to text using fixed point notation.
If filename has no extension that is no period followed by text and the value of format is not specified then matlab appends mat if filename does not include a full path matlab saves to the current folder.
If you do not specify filename the load function searches for a file named matlab mat.