Equivalent to wz mode.
													
																	Open mat file without matlab. 
									
	
		
	
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																	To use the same compression ratio when creating a mat file with the matopen function use the wz. 
																	There are some options for opening them outside of matlab. 
																	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. 
																	When saving a handle object matlab saves a copy of the object not a copy of the handle. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	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. 
																	By default the matlab save function compresses workspace variables as they are saved to a mat file. 
																	You will type according to your mat file. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	How to open mat file without using matlab. 
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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.