open mat file in python code example

Example 1: python open mat file

import scipy.io
mat = scipy.io.loadmat('file.mat')

Example 2: open mat file in python

#!python
#!/usr/bin/env python
from scipy.io import loadmat
x = loadmat('test.mat')
lon = x['lon']
lat = x['lat']
# one-liner to read a single variable
lon = loadmat('test.mat')['lon']

Example 3: open mat python

from mat4py import loadmat

data = loadmat('datafile.mat')