MAT_VARREADNEXTINFO(3)

NAME
Mat_VarReadNextInfo - Reads the information for the next variable in a MATLAB MAT file.

SYNOPSIS
#include <matio.h>
matvar_t *
Mat_VarReadNextInfo(mat_t *mat);

DESCRIPTION
The Mat_VarReadNextInfo() function reads the information for the next variable stored in the open MAT file.

RETURN VALUES
If there is another variable in the MAT file and is read successfully, a pointer to the MATLAB variable structure is returned. If there are no more variables, or there was an error reading the variable, NULL is returned.

EXAMPLES
This example program opens a MAT file named by the first argument to the program, and uses Mat_VarReadNextInfo() to read the information about each variable in the file. For each variable read, the name, size, and class are printed in a format similar to the MATLAB whos command.

    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include "matio.h"
    static char *mxclass[16] = {"cell", "struct", "object","char","sparse",
                                "double","single","int8", "uint8","int16","uint16",
                                "int32","uint32","int64","uint64","function"
                               };
    int
    main(int argc,char **argv)
    {
        mat_t    *matfp;
        matvar_t *matvar;
        size_t    nbytes;
        int       i;
        char size[32] = {' ',};
        matfp = Mat_Open(argv[1],MAT_ACC_RDONLY);
        if ( NULL == matfp ) {
            fprintf(stderr,"Error opening MAT file %s,argv[1]);
            return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }
        printf("%-20s       %-10s     %-10s     %-18sn","Name","Size","Bytes",
               "Class");
        while ( NULL != (matvar = Mat_VarReadNextInfo(matfp)) ) {
            printf("%-20s", matvar->name);
            if ( matvar->rank > 0 ) {
                int cnt = 0;
                printf("%8d", matvar->dims[0]);
                for ( i = 1; i < matvar->rank; i++ ) {
                    if ( ceil(log10(matvar->dims[i]))+1 < 32 )
                        cnt += sprintf(size+cnt,"x%d", matvar->dims[i]);
                }
                printf("%-10s",size);
            } else {
                printf("                    ");
            }
            printf("  %-18s,mxclass[matvar->class_type-1]);
            Mat_VarFree(matvar);
        }
        Mat_Close(matfp);
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

SEE ALSO
Mat_VarRead(3), Mat_VarReadNextInfo(3),