Matlab Mat File Versions

As a side note i find it highly ironic that the proprietary v6 v7 mat format is more cross platform compatible due to its documentation compared to the v7 3 format that is supposed to rely on the standard hdf5 format and yet is sufficiently different in a non documented manner to make this format unusable on any platform outside matlab.

Matlab mat file versions.

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. In this case the default mat file version is 7 3. To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files. To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files.

Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions. By default all save operations create version 7 mat files. By default all save operations create version 7 mat files. Support for memory mapped files.

Matlab 7 1 r14sp3 1 5 0 september 1 2005 first 64 bit version available for windows xp 64 bit matlab 7 2 r2006a 15 1 5 0 2006 march 1 2006 matlab 7 3 r2006b 16 1 5 0 september 1 2006 hdf5 based mat file support matlab 7 4 r2007a 17 1 5 0 07 2007 march 1 2007. The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function. Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar. The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.

The save variables to version 7 3 mat file example on that page shows the exact syntax. If you do not specify filename the save function saves to a file named matlab mat. In this case the default mat file version is 7 3. Learn more about matlab io matfile matfile type file format matlab.

Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions. To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files. Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions. In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.

By default all save operations create version 7 mat files. The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.