nigsp.io.load_mat¶

nigsp.io.load_mat(fname, shape=None)[source]¶

Read files in matlab format.

Assumes the existence of a matrix/vector in the mat file, rendered as a numpy.ndarray. If there is more than a matrix, the one with the largest size will be selected.

Parameters:

fnamestr or os.PathLike: Path to the mat file
shapeNone, ‘square’, or ‘rectangle’}, str, optional: Shape of matrix, if empty, skip check

Returns:

mtxnumpy.ndarray: Data matrix

Raises:

EOFError: If the mat file does not contain matrix or vectors.
ImportError: If pymatreader is not installed or can’t be read.