whosmat

List variables in an valid .mat file with sizes and types.

📝 Syntax

• whosmat(filename)

• st = whosmat(filename)

• whosmat(filename, var1, ..., varN)

• st = whosmat(filename, var1, ..., varN)

📥 Input argument

• filename - a string: .mat filename.

• var1, ..., varN - string: Names of variables to inspect.

📤 Output argument

• st - stores information about the variables in the structure array st.

📄 Description

whosmat lists variables in an valid .mat file.

📚 Bibliography

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

💡 Example

A = ones(3, 4);
B = 'Nelson';
C = sparse(true);
D = sparse(3i);
savemat([tempdir(), 'example_whosmat-v7.3.mat'], 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', '-v7.3')
whosmat([tempdir(), 'example_whosmat-v7.3.mat'])
st = whosmat([tempdir(), 'example_whosmat-v7.3.mat'])

🔗 See also

whosnh5, whos.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version