load

Load variables from a file into the workspace.

Syntax

load
load(filename)
load(filename, var1, var2, ...)
S = load(filename)

Description

Loads variables from a .mat (or compatible) file. Without an output assignment, the variables are placed directly in the current workspace. With output assignment, returns a struct whose fields are the loaded variables.

Without a filename, defaults to matlab.mat. Specifying variable names loads only those.

Examples

load                     % loads matlab.mat into workspace
load('data.mat')
S = load('data.mat');    % capture into struct

See also

• save — Save workspace variables to a file.
• importdata
• csvread — Read a CSV file into a matrix.
• xlsread — Read data from an Excel (.xlsx) file.