Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Importing Data

• Recommended Methods for Importing Data

• Importing MAT-Files

• Importing Text Data Files

Importing XML Documents

• Importing Excel Spreadsheets

• Importing Scientific Data Files

• Importing Images

• Importing Audio and Video

• Importing Binary Data with Low-Level I/O

• Exporting Data

• Exporting to MAT-Files

• Exporting to Text Data Files

Exporting to XML Documents

• Exporting to Excel Spreadsheets

• Exporting to Scientific Data Files

• Exporting to Images

• Exporting to Audio and Video

• Exporting Binary Data with Low-Level I/O

Creating Temporary Files

• Memory-Mapping Data Files

• Overview of Memory-Mapping

• The memmapfile Class

• Constructing a memmapfile Object

• Reading a Mapped File

• Writing to a Mapped File

• Methods of the memmapfile Class

• Deleting a Memory Map

• Memory-Mapping Demo

• Internet File Access

• Downloading Web Content and Files

• Creating and Decompressing Zip Archives

• Sending E-Mail

• Performing FTP File Operations

• Mathematics

• Data Analysis

• Programming Fundamentals

• Object-Oriented Programming

• 3-D Visualization

• Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Handle Graphics Property Browser

• External Interfaces

• C/C++ and Fortran API Reference

• Release Notes

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Data Import and Export

The MATLAB^® application supports the import and export of data in various file formats. Additional functions provide access to files on the Internet, or improve file I/O performance.

Importing Data	Bring data into MATLAB using functions or a graphical user interface (GUI)
Exporting Data	Save data for use in MATLAB or other applications
Memory-Mapping Data Files	Access data with MATLAB array indexing for more efficient file I/O
Internet File Access	Download files from the Internet, perform FTP operations, or send e-mail

Importing Data

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