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Super Hornet
Super Hornet

Reputation: 2907

loading "mat" file in Matlab

I'm trying to load a mat file in Matlab by:

file = 'DSC (1)';
load file;

but I get this error:

Unable to read file 'file'. No such file or directory.

On the other hand by:

load 'DSC (1)';

It works.

Any idea, why the first one does not work?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 231

Answers (1)

Dennis Jaheruddin
Dennis Jaheruddin

Reputation: 21561

You are using the Matlab script syntax, rather than the (recommended) function syntax.

load(file) would execute load on the contents of variable file. As the variable file contains a string with the right location, this will work.

However load file or load 'file' will execute load on the string 'file'. As there is no file called 'file' this will not work.

Upvotes: 4

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