MAT_GETVERSION(3)

✨ MAT_GETVERSION ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Mat_GetVersion page 💖 this one lives in the Library Functions Manual (section 3, the library girlies section, iykyk), and honestly? it's giving "short and iconic." no notes.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Mat_GetVersion — returns the version of a MATLAB MAT file when you hand it a MAT file structure 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <matio.h>

enum mat_ft
Mat_GetVersion(const mat_t *matfp);

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so basically, the Mat_GetVersion() function returns the version of the MATLAB MAT file that's given by the MAT file structure. that's it. that's the whole job. she's a one-trick pony and she ATE ✨

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

the return value is one of these three, and no, you don't get a fourth, don't even ask 🙈

• MAT_FT_MAT4 — if the file is a version 4 MAT file 🌱
• MAT_FT_MAT5 — if the file is a version 5 MAT file 🍓
• MAT_FT_MAT73 — if the file is an HDF5 MAT file 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group, fr fr 🫶

• Mat_CreateVer(3)
• Mat_Open(3)
• Mat_GetFileAccessMode(3)
• Mat_GetFilename(3)
• Mat_GetHeader(3)

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no cap, that's genuinely every single detail from the original. nothing skipped, nothing invented. slay.

mwah 💋 this one shipped from Debian, dated November 20, 2023. go forth and version-check your MAT files, bestie — you're the main character now 👑