open mat file in python

1import scipy.io
2mat = scipy.io.loadmat('file.mat')

1#!python
2#!/usr/bin/env python
3from scipy.io import loadmat
4x = loadmat('test.mat')
5lon = x['lon']
6lat = x['lat']
7# one-liner to read a single variable
8lon = loadmat('test.mat')['lon']
9

1from mat4py import loadmat
2
3data = loadmat('datafile.mat')