| MATLAB Function Reference | |
Description
This table shows the file formats that MATLAB is capable of reading.
| File Format |
Extension |
File Content |
Read Command |
Returns |
| Text | MAT |
Saved MATLAB workspace |
load |
Variables in the file |
| CSV |
Comma-separated numbers |
csvread |
Double array |
|
| DLM |
Delimited text |
dlmread |
Double array |
|
| TAB |
Tab-separated text |
dlmread |
Double array |
|
| Scientific Data | CDF |
Data in Common Data Format |
cdfread |
Cell array of CDF records |
| FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System data |
fitsread |
Primary or extension table data |
|
| HDF |
Data in Hierarchical Data Format |
hdfread |
HDF or HDF-EOS data set |
|
| Spread- sheet | XLS |
Excel worksheet |
xlsread |
Double or cell array |
| WK1 |
Lotus 123 worksheet |
wk1read |
Double or cell array |
|
| Image | TIFF |
TIFF image |
imread |
Truecolor, grayscale or indexed image(s) |
| PNG |
PNG image |
imread |
Truecolor, grayscale or indexed image |
|
| HDF |
HDF image |
imread |
Truecolor, grayscale or indexed image(s) |
|
| BMP |
BMP image |
imread |
Truecolor or indexed image |
|
| JPEG |
JPEG image |
imread |
Truecolor or grayscale image |
|
| GIF |
GIF image |
imread |
Indexed image |
|
| PCX |
PCX image |
imread |
Indexed image |
|
| XWD |
XWD image |
imread |
Indexed image |
|
| CUR |
Cursor image |
imread |
Indexed image |
|
| ICO |
Icon image |
imread |
Indexed image |
|
| Audio file | AU |
NeXT/Sun sound |
auread |
Sound data and sample rate |
| WAV |
Microsoft Wave sound |
wavread |
Sound data and sample rate |
|
| Movie |
AVI |
Movie |
aviread |
MATLAB movie |
See Also
fscanf, fread, textread, importdata
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