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numpy-opttheta.mat

read_dot_mat.py

import pandas as pd
from scipy.io import loadmat

dot_mat_file = 'numpy-opttheta.mat'
data = loadmat(dot_mat_file)

print type(data) # ==> Out[9]: dict
print '*' * 79
for key in data.keys():
    print key,' ', type(data[key])
print '*' * 79

df = pd.DataFrame(data['opttheta'], columns=['opt_theta'])
nrow, ncol = df.shape

print 'nrow: %d' % nrow
print 'ncol: %d\n' % ncol
print df.head()