R/read_mat.R

In rmatio: Read and Write 'Matlab' Files

## rmatio, a R interface to the C library matio, MAT File I/O Library.
## Copyright (C) 2013-2023  Stefan Widgren
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##' Reads the values in a mat-file to a list.
##'
##' Reads the values in a mat-file and stores them in a list.
##' @note
##' \itemize{
##'   \item A sparse complex matrix is read as a dense complex matrix.
##'
##'   \item A sparse logical matrix is read as a 'lgCMatrix'
##'
##'   \item A sparse matrix is read as a 'dgCMatrix'
##'
##'   \item A matrix of dimension \code{1 x n} or \code{n x 1} is read
##'   as a vector
##'
##'   \item A structure is read as a named list with fields.
##'
##'   \item A cell array is read as an unnamed list with cell data
##'
##'   \item A function class type is read as NULL and gives a warning.
##' }
##' @title Read Matlab file
##' @param filename Character string, with the MAT file or URL to
##'     read.
##' @return A list with the variables read.
##' @seealso See \code{\link{write.mat}} for more details and
##'     examples.
##' @export
##' @examples
##' ## Read a version 4 MAT file with little-endian byte ordering
##' filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_v4_le.mat",
##'                         package = "rmatio")
##' m <- read.mat(filename)
##'
##' ## View content
##' str(m)
##'
##' ## Read a version 4 MAT file with big-endian byte ordering.
##' filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_v4_be.mat",
##'                         package = "rmatio")
##' m <- read.mat(filename)
##'
##' ## View content
##' str(m)
##'
##' ## Read a compressed version 5 MAT file
##' filename <- system.file("extdata/matio_test_cases_compressed_le.mat",
##'                         package = "rmatio")
##' m <- read.mat(filename)
##'
##' ## View content
##' str(m)
read.mat <- function(filename) { # nolint
    ## Argument checking
    stopifnot(is.character(filename),
              identical(length(filename), 1L),
              nchar(filename) > 0)

    if (length(grep("^(http|ftp|https)://", filename))) {
        tmp <- tempfile(fileext = ".mat")
        utils::download.file(filename, tmp, quiet = TRUE, mode = "wb")
        filename <- tmp
        on.exit(unlink(filename))
    } else if (!file.exists(filename)) {
        stop(sprintf("File don't exists: %s", filename))
    }

    .Call(read_mat, filename)
}