Loading .mat files
In this exercise, you'll figure out how to
load a MATLAB file using scipy.io.loadmat()
and you'll discover what Python
datatype it yields.
The file 'albeck_gene_expression.mat'
is in your working directory. This file contains gene expression data from the Albeck Lab at UC Davis.
This is a part of the course
“Introduction to Importing Data in Python”
Exercise instructions
- Import the package
scipy.io
. - Load the file
'albeck_gene_expression.mat'
into the variablemat
; do so using the functionscipy.io.loadmat()
. - Use the function
type()
to print the datatype ofmat
to the shell.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import package
# Load MATLAB file: mat
# Print the datatype type of mat
print(____)