I've been working on how to save MATLAB .mat files using
python’s scipy module. Here are some hints for using
the scipy.io.savemat command. There
is a nice tutorial on the subject.
In python:
import scipy.io as p
nav = {} # this is a dictionary
nav['lat'] = 38.4
nav['lon'] = -70.1
p.savemat('test.mat',nav)
In MATLAB
load test.mat
whos
lat lon
Ok so now, how do we save a MATLAB structure? After some research it seems I need a scipy update. My current version (as part of my Enthought Python Distribution is 0.6. The current version supplied by the folks at Enthought is 0.8 and the tutorial above seems to be using 0.7. So standby…
YES! It works! Here’s how:
import scipy.io as p
data = {}
nav = {}
nav['lat'] = 38.4
nav['lon'] = -70.1
data['nav'] = nav
p.savemat('test.mat',data)
In MATLAB
>load test.mat
>nav
nav =
lat: 38.399999999999999
lon: -70.099999999999994
Perfect!