Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Desktop Tools and Development Environment

• Data Import and Export

• Importing Data

• Recommended Methods for Importing Data

Importing Specific File Formats

Importing Data in Other Formats

Processing a Sequence of Files

Tips for Using the Import Wizard

• Importing MAT-Files

Viewing the Contents of a MAT-File

Loading a MAT-File

• Importing Text Data Files

Requirements for the Import Wizard or importdata

Importing Numeric ASCII Data

Importing Numeric ASCII Data with Headers

Importing Nonnumeric ASCII Data

Importing Nonrectangular ASCII Data

Importing Large ASCII Data Sets

Importing Text Data Files with Low-Level I/O

Importing XML Documents

• Importing Excel Spreadsheets

Pasting Excel Data from the Clipboard

Selecting the Spreadsheet and Variables Interactively

Reading a Specific Worksheet and Range of Data

Reading Data from All Worksheets into a Structure

Excel Version Support

Converting Dates

• Importing Scientific Data Files

Importing Common Data File Format (CDF) Files

Importing Network Common Data Form (netCDF) Files

Importing Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) Files

Importing Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5) Files

Importing Hierarchical Data Format (HDF4) Files

• Importing Images

Getting Information about Image Files

Reading Image Data and Metadata from TIFF Files

• Importing Audio and Video

Getting Information about Audio or Video Files

Reading Audio Files

Recording and Playing Audio

Reading Video Files

• Importing Binary Data with Low-Level I/O

Reading Binary Data in a File

Reading Portions of a File

Reading Files Created on Other Systems

Opening Files with Different Character Encodings

• Exporting Data

• Memory-Mapping Data Files

• Internet File Access

• 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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