scipy.io

Input and output (scipy.io)

• io.matlab

SciPy has many modules, classes, and functions available to read data from and write data to a variety of file formats.

MATLAB® files

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    loadmat - Read a MATLAB style mat file (version 4 through 7.1)
    savemat - Write a MATLAB style mat file (version 4 through 7.1)
    whosmat - List contents of a MATLAB style mat file (version 4 through 7.1)

For low-level MATLAB reading and writing utilities, see scipy.io.matlab.

IDL® files

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    readsav - Read an IDL 'save' file

Matrix Market files

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    mminfo - Query matrix info from Matrix Market formatted file
    mmread - Read matrix from Matrix Market formatted file
    mmwrite - Write matrix to Matrix Market formatted file

Unformatted Fortran files

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    FortranFile - A file object for unformatted sequential Fortran files
    FortranEOFError - Exception indicating the end of a well-formed file
    FortranFormattingError - Exception indicating an inappropriate end

Netcdf

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    netcdf_file - A file object for NetCDF data
    netcdf_variable - A data object for the netcdf module

Harwell-Boeing files

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    hb_read   -- read H-B file
    hb_write  -- write H-B file

Wav sound files (scipy.io.wavfile)

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    read
    write
    WavFileWarning

Arff files (scipy.io.arff)

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    loadarff
    MetaData
    ArffError
    ParseArffError