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`scipy.io.matlab._mio5_utils:VarReader5.read_full_tag`

Signature

def read_full_tag ( self )

Summary

Python method for reading full u4, u4 tag from stream

Returns

mdtype : int32: matlab data type code
byte_count : int32: number of data bytes following

Notes

Assumes tag is in fact full, that is, is not a small data element. This means it can skip some checks and makes it slightly faster than read_tag

Aliases

scipy.io.matlab._mio5.VarReader5.read_full_tag