Name

matfile_varreadnext — Reads next variable in a Matlab V5 binary MAT-file.

Calling Sequence

[name[, value[, vartype]]] = matfile_varreadnext(fd)

Parameters

fd

Real: file descriptor (returned by matfile_open).

name

String: name of the variable read or "" if reading failed.

value

Any Scilab type: value of the variable read or an empty matrix if reading failed.

vartype

Real: type of the variable if reading succeeds or:

  • 0: if the variable type is unknown.

  • -1: if end of file has been reached.

Description

Reads next variable in a Matlab binary MAT-file opened by matfile_open.

See Also

matfile_open , matfile_close , matfile_varwrite , matfile_listvar

Authors

V.C

Bibliography

This function uses MATIO library (http://sourceforge.net/projects/matio/).