2 spreadsheet link can be used to import a mat file but would require matlab in the background.
Open mat file without matlab.
There are some options for opening them outside of matlab.
For example if your mat file contains function handle myfunc the syntax m myfunc attempts to index into the function handle and does not invoke the function.
The mathworks matlab program uses mat files too but as a container for holding data like functions and variables.
The mat file object does not support evaluating function handles using the m output.
To use the same compression ratio when creating a mat file with the matopen function use the wz.
Equivalent to wz mode.
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4 mat files contain binary data so you will not be able to open them easily with a word processor.
Creates a mat file compatible with matlab version 7 0 r14 software or earlier.
By default the matlab save function compresses workspace variables as they are saved to a mat file.
Opens file for writing compressed data.
A load 1 mat imshow a this is the shortest possible way and 1 is the name of the image.
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How to open mat file without using matlab.
3 the third option is to use the mat file api which is a set of libraries using which you can call the mat file api in a vba application in order to import mat files directly into excel environment.
If all you need to do is look at the files you could obtain octave which is a free but somewhat slower implementation of matlab.