In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
Matlab mat file version.
Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar.
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To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files.
Headers from a file saved as v6 v7 and v7 3 in matlab 2015a are shown below preceded by the version in.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions.
If you do not specify filename the save function saves to a file named matlab mat.
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.
Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions.
In order to save your data to a mat file with version 7 3 or later specify the v7 3 flag as the version input argument.
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Hdf5 based mat file support matlab 7 4 r2007a 17 1 5 0 07 2007 march 1 2007 new bsxfun function to apply element by element binary operation with singleton expansion enabled.
The save variables to version 7 3 mat file example on that page shows the exact syntax.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files.
Matlab 7 5 r2007b 18 1 6 0 september 1 2007 last release for windows 2000 and powerpc mac.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
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This is also true of a version 7 3 file.
Note that the headers for v6 and v7 files have the same 5 0 identification.
Figure 1 1 matlab level 5 mat file format on page 1 3 graphically illustrates this mat file format.
You can move through a mat file by finding a tag and then skipping ahead the specified number of bytes until the next tag.
By using tags the level 5 mat file format provides quick access to individual data elements within a mat file.
Although the bulk of the file is in binary form the header of a level 5 mat file can be read with a text editor.
