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Converting .mat to .csv using python
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mat2csvUsingPython.py
import scipy.io
import numpy as np
data = scipy.io.loadmat("subject.mat")
for i in data:
if '__' not in i and 'readme' not in i:
np.savetxt(("filesforyou/"+i+".csv"),data[i],delimiter=',')
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GEMSS3D commented Sep 23, 2016

Do we need additional python code other scipy and numpy?

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ah89 commented Sep 21, 2017

It works

@yangxu698
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if it shows 'Mismatch between array dtype ('object') and format specifier' in Python
change the last line:
np.savetxt(("filesforyou/"+i+".csv"),data[i],fmt='%s',delimiter=',')

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ritzzel commented Jan 10, 2019

I am getting following error.
ParserError: Error tokenizing data. C error: Expected 14 fields in line 1117, saw 15

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ssp2195 commented Jun 23, 2019

SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

@mounareddy2023
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TypeError: Mismatch between array dtype ('[('cycle', 'O')]') and format specifier ('%.18e')

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yeah this code worked on my macbook 4 years ago, idk if it still does ...

wow I was a shitty programmer back then

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