# loadmatfile

loads a Matlab V6 MAT-file (binary or ASCII) into Scilab

## Calling Sequence

    loadmatfile(format,filename[,var1[,var2[,...]]])
                loadmatfile(filename[,format[,var1[,var2[,...]]]])
                loadmatfile(filename[,var1[,var2,[,...[,format]]]])

## Arguments

filename

  character string containing the path of the file (needed)

format

  file format (if not given and file has extension ".mat", file is considered to be binary)

  "-mat"

    binary file

  "-ascii"

    option to force Scilab to read file as an ASCII file

var1, var2

  character strings containing the name of the variables to load (only for binary files)

## Description

loads a Matlab MAT-file into Scilab. The Matlab data types are converted into the Scilab equivalents.

## Examples

    A = rand(10,10);
    B = sprand(100,100,0.1);
    savematfile('test_matfile.mat','A','B','-v6');
    clear;
    loadmatfile('test_matfile.mat');
    disp(A)
    disp(B)

## See Also

- load
- savematfile
- save
- mfile2sci
- matfile2sci

## Bibliography

This function uses MATIO library ( `http://sourceforge.net/projects/matio/` ).