To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files.
Matlab mat file versions.
Support for memory mapped files.
As a side note i find it highly ironic that the proprietary v6 v7 mat format is more cross platform compatible due to its documentation compared to the v7 3 format that is supposed to rely on the standard hdf5 format and yet is sufficiently different in a non documented manner to make this format unusable on any platform outside matlab.
The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.
In order to save your data to a mat file with version 7 3 or later specify the v7 3 flag as the version input argument.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
Learn more about matlab io matfile matfile type file format matlab.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions.
The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.
Level 5 mat file format on page 1 3 describes the internal format of mat files that are compatible with matlab versions 5 and up.
To identify or change the default mat file version access the mat files.
Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
By default all save operations create version 7 mat files.
Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions.
If filename has no extension that is no period followed by text and the value of format is not specified then matlab appends mat if filename does not include a full path matlab saves to the current folder.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
In this case the default mat file version is 7 3.
The only exception to this is when you create new mat files using the matfile function.
The save variables to version 7 3 mat file example on that page shows the exact syntax.
Matlab releases r2006b and later all support all mat file versions.
Level 5 matlab array data element formats.