Mat_VarRead(3)

MAT_VARREAD(3) Library Functions Manual MAT_VARREAD(3)

NAME

Mat_VarRead — Reads the information and data for a specific variable in a MATLAB MAT file.

SYNOPSIS

#include <matio.h>

matvar_t *

Mat_VarRead(mat_t *matfp, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

The Mat_VarRead() function reads the information and data for the variable name in the open MAT file.

RETURN VALUES

If the variable was found in the MAT file and successfully read, a pointer to the MATLAB variable structure is returned. If the variable was not found, or there was an error reading the variable, NULL is returned.

EXAMPLES

This example program opens a MAT file named by the first argument to the program, and reads a variable named x from the file. The matio function Mat_VarPrint is used to print the information and data from the file.

#include "matio.h"

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
mat_t *matfp;
matvar_t *matvar;

matfp = Mat_Open(argv[1], MAT_ACC_RDONLY);
if ( NULL == matfp ) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening MAT file %s0, argv[1]);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

matvar = Mat_VarRead(matfp, "x");
if ( NULL != matvar ) {
Mat_VarPrint(matvar);
Mat_VarFree(matvar);
}

Mat_Close(matfp);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

SEE ALSO

Mat_VarReadInfo(3), Mat_VarReadNext(3), Mat_VarPrint(3) GNU September 12, 2019 MAT_VARREAD(3)