bundles / scipy 1.17.1 / scipy / io / matlab / _miobase / matfile_version

function

`scipy.io.matlab._miobase:matfile_version`

source: /scipy/io/matlab/_miobase.py :183

Signature

def matfile_version ( file_name , * , appendmat = True )

Summary

Return major, minor tuple depending on apparent mat file type

Extended Summary

Where:

0,x -> version 4 format mat files
1,x -> version 5 format mat files
2,x -> version 7.3 format mat files (HDF format)

Parameters

file_name : str: Name of the mat file (do not need .mat extension if appendmat==True). Can also pass open file-like object.
appendmat : bool, optional: True to append the .mat extension to the end of the given filename, if not already present. Default is True.

Returns

major_version : {0, 1, 2}: major MATLAB File format version
minor_version : int: minor MATLAB file format version

Raises

: MatReadError: If the file is empty.
: ValueError: The matfile version is unknown.

Notes

Has the side effect of setting the file read pointer to 0

Aliases

scipy.io.matlab.matfile_version