reading v 7.3 mat file in python

Question

I am trying to read a matlab file with the following code

import scipy.io mat = scipy.io.loadmat('test.mat') 

and it gives me the following error

raise NotImplementedError('Please use HDF reader for matlab v7.3 files') NotImplementedError: Please use HDF reader for matlab v7.3 files 

so could anyone please had the same problem and could please any sample code

thanks

Answer 1

Try using h5py module

import h5py with h5py.File('test.mat', 'r') as f:     f.keys() 

Answer 2

I've created a small library to load MATLAB 7.3 files:

pip install mat73 

To load a .mat 7.3 into Python as a dictionary:

import mat73 data_dict = mat73.loadmat('data.mat') 

simple as that!