ismatfile

Checks if filename a valid .mat file

📝 Syntax

• [tf, ver, header] = ismatfile(filename)

📥 Input argument

• filename - a string: .mat filename.

📤 Output argument

• tf - a logical: true if it is a valid .mat file.

• ver - a string array: version of .mat file ("-v7.3", "-v7" or "-v6").

• header - a string array: header of .mat file (date).

📄 Description

ismatfile checks if filename a valid .mat file.

📚 Bibliography

Thanks to MATIO library (http://sourceforge.net/projects/matio/).

💡 Example

A = ones(3, 4);
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.3.mat'], 'A', '-v7.3')
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.mat'], 'A', '-v7')
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v6.mat'], 'A', '-v6')
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.3.mat'])
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v7.mat'])
[tf, ver] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_loadmat-v6.mat'])
[tf, ver, header] = ismatfile([tempdir(), 'example_not_existing.mat'])

🔗 See also

isnh5file, loadmat.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version