reading v 7.3 mat file in python

Question

I am trying to read a matlab file with the following code

import scipy.io
mat = scipy.io.loadmat(\'test.mat\')

and it gives me the followin

Answer 1

Per Magu_'s answer on a related thread, check out the package hdf5storage which has convenience functions to read v7.3 matlab mat files; it is as simple as

import hdf5storage
mat = hdf5storage.loadmat('test.mat')